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

O.C.G.A. § 23-4-36 (2019)

Decree transferable; lien

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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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A decree shall be transferable like other judgments and, when for money, shall constitute a like lien.

History

Orig. Code 1863, § 4126; Code 1868, § 4158; Code 1873, § 4217; Code 1882, § 4217; Civil Code 1895,

§ 4859; Civil Code 1910, § 5432; Code 1933, § 37-1209.

Annotations

JUDICIAL DECISIONS A decree is of equal force with a judgment. Dean v. Central Cotton Press Co., 64 Ga. 670 (1880). RESEARCH REFERENCES ALR. - Remedy for enforcement of judgment lien after death of judgment debtor, 114 A.L.R. 1165.