O.C.G.A. § 18-3-7 (2019)
Attachment against nonresident corporations
Attachments may issue against nonresident corporations transacting business within the state under the same rules and regulations as are prescribed in relation to issuing attachments and garnishments in other cases.
History
Ga. L. 1855-56, p. 25, § 33; Code 1863, § 3202; Code 1868, § 3213; Code 1873,
§ 3281; Code 1882, § 3281; Civil Code 1895, § 4527; Civil Code 1910, § 5072; Code 1933, § 8-108.
Annotations
JUDICIAL DECISIONS This statute was cumulative and not restrictive of other attachment statutes; and nonresident corporation having property in this state is subject to attachment whether or not the corporation transacts business here. Pacific Selling Co. v. Albright-Prior Co., 3 Ga. App. 143, 59 S.E. 468, 1907 Ga. App. LEXIS 579 (1907). Construction of attachment law. - Attachment was unknown at common law, and should be strictly construed, especially as to nonresident debtors. Mitchell v. Union Bag & Paper Corp., 75 Ga. App. 15, 42 S.E.2d 137, 1947 Ga. App. LEXIS 463 (1947). Attachment against foreign corporation, also being sued in this state. - Fact that Georgia court may have personal jurisdiction over a corporation does
not mean it is not subject also to attachment, for this statute was intended to authorize attachment against a foreign corporation, even though the corporation might be sued in Georgia. Image Mills, Inc. v. Vora, 146 Ga. App. 196, 245 S.E.2d 882, 1978 Ga. App. LEXIS 2209 (1978). Whether doing business in this state or not, nonresident corporation is subject to attachment. Parramore v. Alexander, 132 Ga. 642, 64 S.E. 660, 1909 Ga. LEXIS 378 (1909). Affidavit alleging transaction of business in state. - Affidavit is sufficient which alleges the defendant, though not incorporated in this state, transacts business here. Parramore v. Alexander, 132 Ga. 642, 64 S.E. 660, 1909 Ga. LEXIS 378 (1909).
RESEARCH REFERENCES ALR. Constitutionality of statute prescribing conditions of right of defendant in foreign attachment to appear and defend, 17 A.L.R. 884. Foreign corporation as a nonresident for purposes of attachment law of the state in which it is doing business or is domesticated, 114 A.L.R. 1378.
Sufficiency of affidavit for attachment, respecting fraud or intent to defraud, as against objection that it is a mere legal conclusion, 8 A.L.R.2d 578. Foreign attachment or garnishment as available in action by nonresident against nonresident or foreign corporation upon a foreign cause of action, 14 A.L.R.2d 420.