Georgia Code, Title 9, Chapter 12, Article 3 - Dormancy and Revival of Judgments

• § 9-12-60 - When Judgment Becomes Dormant; How Dormancy Prevented; Docketing; Applicability
  (a) A judgment shall become dormant and shall not be enforced: (1) When seven years shall elapse after the rendition of the judgment before...
• § 9-12-61 - Dormant Judgments Renewed by Action or Scire Facias; Time of Renewal
  When any judgment obtained in any court becomes dormant, the same may be renewed or revived by an action or by scire facias, at...
• § 9-12-62 - Nature of Scire Facias
  Scire facias to revive a judgment is not an original action but is the continuation of the action in which the judgment was obtained.
• § 9-12-63 - Issuance of Scire Facias; Copies; Service; Return
  A scire facias to revive a dormant judgment in the courts must issue from and be returnable to the court of the county in...
• § 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, when service has been perfected, the judgment may be revived on motion at the...
• § 9-12-65 - Scire Facias When Judgment Transferred
  When a judgment has been transferred, the scire facias shall issue in the name of the original holder of the judgment for the use...
• § 9-12-66 - Venue of Action to Renew Judgment
  An action to renew a dormant judgment shall be brought in the county where the defendant in judgment resides at the commencement of the
• § 9-12-67 - Revival of Judgment Against Nonresident; Service by Publication
  If the defendant in judgment or other party to be notified resides outside this state, a dormant judgment may be revived against such defendant...
• § 9-12-68 - Revival of Dormant Decrees for Payment of Money
  Decrees for the payment of money shall become dormant like other judgments when not enforced and may be revived as provided by law for...

Last modified: October 14, 2016