O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 18-3-10.1 (2019)

Service of process in action against nonresident plaintiff for damages

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)

Code text and O.C.G.A. statutory annotations on this page reflect the 2019 Official Code of Georgia Annotated (Public.Resource.Org Release 73, 2019-08-21; public domain per Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, 2020). The Syfert case-law annotations in Notes of Decisions, below, are current.

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When a person who has been a defendant in attachment desires to bring an action against the plaintiff for damages, and the plaintiff in attachment does not reside in this state, it shall be sufficient to serve the complaint and summons on the security to the bond given by the plaintiff, and the action may proceed against both principal and security.

History

Ga. L. 1855-56, p. 25, § 54; Code 1863, § 3267; Code 1868, § 3278; Code 1873, § 3354; Code 1882, § 3354; Civil Code

1895, § 5013; Civil Code 1910, § 5595; Code 1933, § 3-304.

Annotations

Cross references. Service of process generally, § 9-11-4.

JUDICIAL DECISIONS Constitutionality. - Proceeding under this statute afforded due process of law and did not violate U.S. Const.,

amend. 14. Continental Nat’l Bank v. Folsom, 78 Ga. 449, 3 S.E. 269, 1887 Ga. LEXIS 4 (1887).

Service on security of nonresident national bank which gave bond under statute was sufficient. Continental Nat’l

Bank v. Folsom, 78 Ga. 449, 3 S.E. 269, 1887 Ga. LEXIS 4 (1887).

RESEARCH REFERENCES C.J.S. 72 C.J.S., Process, §§ 31, 32, 84.