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2018 Georgia Code 44-14-369 | Car Wreck Lawyer

TITLE 44 PROPERTY

Section 14. Mortgages, Conveyances to Secure Debt, and Liens, 44-14-1 through 44-14-613.

ARTICLE 8 LIENS

44-14-369. Computation of certain time periods.

For the purposes of this part, the computation of time shall be determined pursuant to paragraph (3) of subsection (d) of Code Section 1-3-1.

(Code 1981, §44-14-369, enacted by Ga. L. 2008, p. 1063, § 7/SB 374.)

Effective date.

- This Code section became effective March 31, 2009.

PART 4 L ABORERS

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

Location for process.

- A laborer can sue out a process to enforce a lien for labor performed either in the county of the employer's residence, or where the property might be, but the process should be made returnable to the proper court of the county of defendant's residence, if defendant resides in the state. Harris v. Houston, 51 Ga. App. 116, 179 S.E. 645 (1935).

Counter-affidavit converts proceedings to mesne process.

- The filing of a counter-affidavit to the foreclosure of a laborer's lien converts the proceedings into mesne process. Law v. Hodges, 53 Ga. App. 319, 185 S.E. 584 (1936).

RESEARCH REFERENCES

ALR.

- Common-law lien on personalty for work performed thereon, upon the owner's premises, 3 A.L.R. 862.

Right or interest subject to, and priority of, statutory lien for labor or material in developing property for oil and gas, 122 A.L.R. 1182.

Abandonment of construction or of contract as affecting time for filing mechanics' liens or time for giving notice to owner, 52 A.L.R.3d 797.

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