O.C.G.A.
O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 18-3-12 (2019)

Persons who may be taken as security or surety on a bond

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No person shall be taken as security or surety on any attachment bond who is an attorney for the plaintiff or a nonresident, except such nonresident who is possessed of real estate in the county where the attachment issues which is the value of the amount of such bond.

History

Ga. L. 1873, p. 29, § 1; Code 1873, § 3268; Code 1882, § 3268; Civil Code

1895, § 4514; Civil Code 1910, § 5059; Code 1933, § 8-112.

Annotations

JUDICIAL DECISIONS Plaintiff’s attorney as surety. - Former Civil Code 1895, § 4514 was direc-

tory; consequently, a proceeding was not void when plaintiff’s attorney signs bond

as surety. Husband Bros. v. Georgia S. & Florida Ry. Co., 3 Ga. App. 157, 59 S.E. 326, 1907 Ga. App. LEXIS 583 (1907).