Georgia Code, Title 44, Chapter 7, Article 4 - Distress Warrants

• § 44-7-70 - Power of Landlord to Distrain for Rent
  The landlord shall have power to distrain for rent as soon as the same is due if the tenant is seeking to remove his...
• § 44-7-71 - Application for Distress Warrant
  When rent is due or the tenant is seeking to remove his property, the landlord, his agent, his attorney in fact, or his attorney...
• § 44-7-72 - Issuance of Summons; Service on Defendant; Time for Hearing
  When the affidavit provided for in Code Section 44-7-71 is made, the judge of the superior court, the state court, the civil court, or...
• § 44-7-73 - When Tender of Payment by Tenant Serves As Complete Defense
  In an action for nonpayment of rent, the tenant shall be allowed to tender to the landlord, within seven days of the day the...
• § 44-7-74 - Answer; Grant of Distress Warrant on Failure to Answer; Trial; Possession Pending Final Outcome
  (a) At or before the time of the hearing, the defendant may answer in writing. The defendant may answer orally at the time of...
• § 44-7-75 - Payment of Rent Into Court; Transfer and Possession of Property Pending Trial; Seizure; Disposition of Funds
  (a) At the time the tenant answers, the tenant shall pay into the registry of the trial court all rent admittedly owed prior to...
• § 44-7-76 - Bond; Determination of Amount; Effect of Approval on Alienability of Property
  In all cases where the tenant may desire to transfer, remove, or convey any of his property after the service of summons, the tenant...
• § 44-7-77 - Judgment and Satisfaction; Landlord's Liability; Distribution of Funds; Return of Property
  (a) If, on the trial of the case, the judgment is against the tenant, the judgment shall be entered against the tenant for all...
• § 44-7-78 - Appeal; Possession Pending Appeal
  Any judgment by the trial court shall be appealable to the appellate court pursuant to Chapters 2, 3, 6, and 7 of Title 5....
• § 44-7-79 - Execution and Levy of Distress Warrant; Sale
  Whenever a distress warrant is granted pursuant to this article, the distress warrant may be levied by the marshal, the sheriff, or the deputy...
• § 44-7-80 - Time for Attachment of Landlord's Lien; Priorities
  The landlord's lien for his rent shall attach from the time that the affidavit is made pursuant to Code Section 44-7-71; but it shall...
• § 44-7-81 - Claims by Third Persons; Oath and Bond; Method of Trial
  A third person may make a claim to the distrained property by giving the oath and the bond as is required in cases of...
• § 44-7-82 - Application of Article to Tenant's Mobile Home
  (a) As used in this Code section, the term "mobile home" means a movable or portable dwelling over 32 feet in length and over...

Last modified: October 14, 2016