Georgia Code, Title 9, Chapter 12, Article 6 - Enforcement of Foreign Judgments

• § 9-12-130 - Short Title
  This article may be cited as the "Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Law."
• § 9-12-131 - "Foreign Judgment" Defined
  As used in this article, the term "foreign judgment" means a judgment, decree, or order of a court of the United States or of...
• § 9-12-132 - Filing of Judgment; Force and Effect Following Filing
  A copy of any foreign judgment authenticated in accordance with an act of Congress or statutes of this state may be filed in the...
• § 9-12-133 - Filing of Foreign Judgment; Notice to Judgment Debtor; Code Section 9-11-4 Inapplicable to Article
  (a) At the time a foreign judgment is filed, the judgment creditor or the judgment creditor's attorney shall make and file with the clerk...
• § 9-12-134 - Appeal or Stay of Foreign Judgment; Security for Satisfaction
  (a) If the judgment debtor shows the court that an appeal from the foreign judgment is pending or will be taken or that a...
• § 9-12-135 - Clerk's Fees
  A person filing a foreign judgment shall pay to the clerk of court the same sums as in civil cases in superior court as...
• § 9-12-136 - Actions to Enforce Judgments Preserved
  The judgment creditor retains the right to bring an action to enforce a judgment instead of proceeding under this article.
• § 9-12-137 - Uniform Construction
  This article shall be interpreted and construed to achieve its general purposes to make the law of those states which enact it uniform.
• § 9-12-138 - Judgments to Which Article Applies
  This article shall apply to foreign judgments of other states only if those states have adopted the "Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act" in...

Last modified: October 14, 2016