O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 29-3-48 (2019)

Levy upon surety then conservator

✓ 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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In all cases of judgments recovered against a conservator or any surety of a conservator, the execution shall first be levied on the property of the surety and no levy shall be made on the property of the conservator until there is a return of nulla bona as to the surety.

History

(Code 1981, § 29-3-48, enacted by Ga. L. 2004, p. 161, § 1.)

Annotations

JUDICIAL DECISIONS Editor’s notes. - In light of the similarity of the statutory provisions, decisions under former Civil Code 1895, § 3504 are included in the annotations for this Code section. History of former Civil Code 1895, § 3504 prior to 1958 amendment (for-

mer O.C.G.A. § 29-2-51) permitting levy of execution against any defendant in fieri facias, see Bailey v. McAlpin, 122 Ga. 616, 50 S.E. 388 (1905) (decided under former Civil Code 1895, § 3504). Cited in Rogers v. Taintor, 93 Ga. App. 54, 90 S.E.2d 629 (1955).

RESEARCH REFERENCES C.J.S. - 39 C.J.S., Guardian and Ward, § 201, 241, 242, 283 et seq.