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

O.C.G.A. § 24-11-22 (2019)

Service of nonresident debtor or maker of lost or destroyed evidence of indebtedness

✓ 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 the person alleged to be a debtor or maker of a lost or destroyed paper as set forth in Code Section 24-11-21 does not reside in this state, the alleged debtor or maker may be made a party to the proceedings by publication, in a newspaper to be designated by the judge of the probate court, twice a month for two months. When the person has been made a party, this article shall apply in his or her case.

History

Code 1981, § 24-11-22, enacted by Ga. L. 2011, p. 99, § 2/HB 24.

Annotations

RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. 52 Am. Jur. 2d, Lost and Destroyed Instruments, §§ 18, 23.