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Article 1 - General Provisions
§ 9-12-1. What Verdict to Cover - The verdict shall cover the issues made by the pleadings...
§ 9-12-2. Instructions on Form of Verdict - In the trial of all civil cases, the judge upon...
§ 9-12-3. How Verdict Received - Verdicts shall be received only in open court in the...
§ 9-12-4. Construction of Verdicts - Verdicts shall have a reasonable intendment and shall receive a...
§ 9-12-5. Verdict May Be Molded - In a proper case, the superior court may mold the...
§ 9-12-6. Amendment of Verdict — to Conform to Pleadings - A verdict may be so amended as to make it...
§ 9-12-7. Amendment of Verdict — After Dispersal of Jury - A verdict may be amended in mere matter of form...
§ 9-12-8. Amendment of Verdict — When Part Illegal - If a part of a verdict is legal and a...
§ 9-12-9. Judgment to Conform to Verdict - Judgment and execution shall conform to the verdict. History. Orig....
§ 9-12-10. Judgment for Principal and Interest - In all cases where judgment is obtained, the judgment shall...
§ 9-12-11. Sureties and Endorsers to Be Identified in Judgment - In all judgments against sureties or endorsers on any draft,...
§ 9-12-12. Judgment for Costs Against Fiduciary - When the verdict of a jury is against an executor,...
§ 9-12-13. Amount of Judgment on Bond - All judgments entered against the obligors on any bond, whether...
§ 9-12-14. Amendment of Judgment to Conform to Verdict - A judgment may be amended by order of the court...
§ 9-12-15. Judgment Aided by Verdict or Amendable Not Set Aside - A judgment may not be set aside for any defect...
§ 9-12-16. Validity of Judgment When Court Does Not Have Jurisdiction - The judgment of a court having no jurisdiction of the...
§ 9-12-17. When Creditors or Purchasers May Attack Judgment - Creditors or bona fide purchasers may attack a judgment for...
§ 9-12-18. Right to Confess Judgment and Appeal; Where and When Entered - History. Laws 1799, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 495.; Code 1863,...
§ 9-12-19. Judgment Suspended by Appeal - Where a judgment is entered and, within the time allowed...
§ 9-12-20. Judgment When Security Given on Appeal - In all cases of appeal where security has been given,...
§ 9-12-21. Judgments Transferable; Status of Transferee - A person in whose favor a judgment has been entered...
§ 9-12-22. Effect of Transfer by Attorney; Ratification - The transfer of a judgment by the attorney of record...
§ 9-12-23. Effect of Consent Judgment - The consent of the parties to a judgment has the...
Article 2 - Effect of Judgments
§ 9-12-40. Judgment Conclusive Between Which Persons and on What Issues - A judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction shall be...
§ 9-12-41. Effect of Judgment in Rem - A judgment in rem is conclusive upon everyone. History. Orig....
§ 9-12-42. Judgment No Bar Absent Decision on Merits - Where the merits were not and could not have been...
§ 9-12-43. Parol Evidence Admissible - Parol evidence shall be admissible to show that a matter...
Article 3 - Dormancy and Revival of Judgments
§ 9-12-60. When Judgment Becomes Dormant; How Dormancy Prevented; Docketing; Applicability - History. Laws 1823, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 498.; Ga. L....
§ 9-12-61. Dormant Judgments Renewed by Action or Scire Facias; Time of Renewal - When any judgment obtained in any court becomes dormant, the...
§ 9-12-62. Nature of Scire Facias - Scire facias to revive a judgment is not an original...
§ 9-12-63. Issuance of Scire Facias; Copies; Service; Return - A scire facias to revive a dormant judgment in the...
§ 9-12-64. Revival on Motion After Service of Scire Facias; When Defendant Entitled to Jury Trial - In all cases of scire facias to revive a judgment,...
§ 9-12-65. Scire Facias When Judgment Transferred - When a judgment has been transferred, the scire facias shall...
§ 9-12-66. Venue of Action to Renew Judgment - An action to renew a dormant judgment shall be brought...
§ 9-12-67. Revival of Judgment Against Nonresident; Service by Publication - If the defendant in judgment or other party to be...
§ 9-12-68. Revival of Dormant Decrees for Payment of Money - Decrees for the payment of money shall become dormant like...
Article 4 - Judgment Liens
§ 9-12-80. Equal Dignity and Binding Effect of Judgments - All judgments obtained in the superior courts, magistrate courts, or...
§ 9-12-81. General Execution Docket; When Money Judgment in County of Defendant’s Residence Creates Lien Against Third Parties Without Notice - History. Ga. L. 1889, p. 106, § 2; Civil Code...
§ 9-12-82. When Money Judgment Outside County of Defendant’s Residence Creates Lien Against Third Parties Without Notice - As against bona fide purchasers for value without actual notice...
§ 9-12-83. When Money Judgment Creates Lien on Land Located Outside County in Which Obtained Against Third Parties Without Notice - No money judgment obtained in any court of this state...
§ 9-12-84. When Money Judgment Against Nonresident Creates Lien on Land Within State Against Third Parties Without Notice - History. Ga. L. 1890-91, p. 207, §§ 1, 2; Civil...
§ 9-12-85. Deeds, Mortgages, Judgments, or Liens Between Parties Not Affected by Money Judgments - Nothing in Code Sections 9-12-81 and 9-12-82 shall be construed...
§ 9-12-86. Recordation in County Where Property Located Prerequisite to Lien on Land - History. Ga. L. 1958, p. 379, §§ 1-5; Ga. L....
§ 9-12-87. Judgments From Same Term Considered of Equal Date - History. Laws 1822, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 497.; Code 1863,...
§ 9-12-88. Extent Property Affected by Judgment Pending Appeal - In all cases in which a judgment is rendered and...
§ 9-12-89. Effect of Appellate Proceeding on Lien - A judgment in the trial court which is taken to...
§ 9-12-90. Judgments Relating to Common Disaster - History. Ga. L. 1947, p. 1138, §§ 1, 2.
§ 9-12-91. Effect of Judgment on Promissory Notes - A judgment creates no lien upon promissory notes in the...
§ 9-12-92. Effect of Judgment Lien on Personalty Removed to Another State, Sold, and Returned - When a judgment lien has attached to personal property which...
§ 9-12-93. When Purchased Property Discharged From Lien - When any person has bona fide and for a valuable...
§ 9-12-94. Clerk’s Fees - For entering an execution upon the general execution docket, the...
Article 5 - Uniform Foreign-Country Money Judgments Recognition Act
§ 9-12-110. Short Title - This article shall be known and may be cited as...
§ 9-12-111. Definitions - As used in this article, the term: History. Ga. L....
§ 9-12-112. Applicability; Burden of Proof - History. Ga. L. 1975, p. 479, § 2; Ga. L....
§ 9-12-113. Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign-Country Judgments - History. Ga. L. 1975, p. 479, §§ 3, 4; Ga....
§ 9-12-114. Recognition of Personal Jurisdiction - History. Ga. L. 1975, p. 479, § 5; Code 1981,...
§ 9-12-115. Procedure for Recognition - History. Code 1981, § 9-12-115 , enacted by Ga. L....
§ 9-12-116. Effect of Recognition of Foreign-Country Judgments - If the court in a proceeding under Code Section 9-12-115...
§ 9-12-117. Stay Pending Appeal - If a party establishes that an appeal from a foreign-country...
§ 9-12-118. Uniform Construction - In applying and construing this article, consideration shall be given...
§ 9-12-119. Situations Not Covered by Article - This article does not prevent the recognition under principles of...
Article 6 - Enforcement of Foreign Judgments
§ 9-12-130. Short Title - This article may be cited as the “Uniform Enforcement of...
§ 9-12-131. “Foreign Judgment” Defined - As used in this article, the term “foreign judgment” means...
§ 9-12-132. Filing of Judgment; Force and Effect Following Filing - A copy of any foreign judgment authenticated in accordance with...
§ 9-12-133. Filing of Foreign Judgment; Notice to Judgment Debtor; Code Section 9-11-4 Inapplicable to Article - History. Code 1981, § 9-12-133 , enacted by Ga. L....
§ 9-12-134. Appeal or Stay of Foreign Judgment; Security for Satisfaction - History. Code 1981, § 9-12-134 , enacted by Ga. L....
§ 9-12-135. Clerk’s Fees - History. Code 1981, § 9-12-135 , enacted by Ga. L....
§ 9-12-136. Actions to Enforce Judgments Preserved - The judgment creditor retains the right to bring an action...
§ 9-12-137. Uniform Construction - This article shall be interpreted and construed to achieve its...
§ 9-12-138. Judgments to Which Article Applies - This article shall apply to foreign judgments of other states...