Georgia Code, Title 18, Chapter 4, Article 5 - Answer by Garnishee and Subsequent Proceedings

• § 18-4-80 - Effect of Release of Summons of Garnishment on Garnishee
  A release of summons of garnishment shall relieve the garnishee from any obligation to file a garnishee answer to any summons of garnishment pending...
• § 18-4-81 - Effect of Defendant's Traverse on Garnishee; Filing of Bond by Defendant; Entry of Judgment on Bond
  When the defendant files his or her traverse, the garnishee is not relieved of filing a garnishee answer, nor is the garnishee relieved of...
• § 18-4-82 - Contents of Garnishee Answer
  Within the time prescribed by Code Section 18-4-62, the garnishee shall file a garnishee answer describing what money or other property is subject to...
• § 18-4-83 - Service of Answer of Garnishee on Plaintiff or Attorney
  All garnishee answers shall, concurrently with filing, be served upon the plaintiff or the plaintiff's attorney. Service may be shown by the written acknowledgment...
• § 18-4-84 - Delivery to Court of Property Admitted to Be Subject to Garnishment; Property in Safety Deposit Box
  Along with the garnishee's answer, the garnishee shall deliver to the court the money or other property admitted in the garnishee's answer to be...
• § 18-4-85 - Traverse of Answer of Garnishee by Plaintiff -- Time Period; Discharge for Failure to Traverse
  If the garnishee's answer is served on the plaintiff as provided for in Code Section 18-4-83, the plaintiff or claimant shall traverse the garnishee's...
• § 18-4-86 - Traverse of Answer of Garnishee by Plaintiff -- Contents
  The traverse of the garnishee's answer shall be a statement by the plaintiff or his attorney, or by a claimant or his attorney, that...
• § 18-4-87 - Traverse of Answer of Garnishee by Plaintiff -- Service
  A traverse shall be served in the same manner as is provided for in subsection (b) of Code Section 9-11-5 for the service of...
• § 18-4-88 - Order of Proceedings After Answer of Garnishee Generally
  After the garnishee's answer is filed, the defendant's traverse shall be tried first, the plaintiff's traverse shall be tried second, and claims shall be...
• § 18-4-89 - Proceedings After Answer of the Garnishee If No Traverse or Claim Filed
  If no traverse or claim has been filed within 15 days after the garnishee's answer is filed: (1) If money is delivered to the...
• § 18-4-90 - Entry of Default Judgment Upon Failure of Garnishee to File Garnishee Answer to Summons; Opening of Default
  In case the garnishee fails or refuses to file a garnishee answer by the forty-fifth day after service of the summons, the garnishee shall...
• § 18-4-91 - Relief of Garnishee From Default Judgment
  When a judgment is rendered against a garnishee under Code Section 18-4-90, on a motion filed not later than 60 days from the date...
• § 18-4-92 - Effect of Garnishee's Failure to Respond Properly to Summons of Garnishment
  On the trial of the plaintiff's traverse, if the court finds the garnishee has failed to respond properly to the summons of garnishment, the...
• § 18-4-92.1 - Relief of Garnishee From Liability; Definitions
  (a) A garnishee may be relieved from liability for failure to file a garnishee answer properly to the summons of garnishment if the plaintiff...
• § 18-4-93 - Right of Defendant to Become a Party to Garnishment Proceedings; Procedure
  A garnishment proceeding is an action between the plaintiff and the garnishee; but, at any time before a judgment is entered on the garnishee's...
• § 18-4-94 - Procedure Where Defendant Prevails Generally; Establishment of Interests in Money or Other Property in Court by Parties Filing Claims Thereto; Distribution of Money or Other Property
  (a) Where the defendant prevails upon the trial of the issues made by his traverse, the garnishment case shall be dismissed by the court;...
• § 18-4-95 - Right of Claimants of Property Subject to Garnishment to Become Parties; Procedure
  At any time before judgment is entered on the garnishee's answer or money or other property subject to garnishment is distributed, any person may...
• § 18-4-96 - Procedure Where Money or Other Property in Court Subject to Conflicting Cases
  Where money or other property in court is subject to the claims of more than one garnishment case, any interested party to any one...
• § 18-4-97 - Right of Garnishee to Actual Reasonable Expenses in Making True Garnishee Answer of Garnishment; Procedure for Collection; Reimbursement
  (a) The garnishee shall be entitled to the garnishee's actual reasonable expenses, including attorney's fees, in preparing and filing a garnishee's answer to a...

Last modified: October 14, 2016