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

O.C.G.A. § 44-14-369 (2019)

Computation of certain time periods

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)
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For the purposes of this part, the computation of time shall be determined pursuant to paragraph (3) of subsection (d) of Code Section

History

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

PART 4 LABORERS

Annotations

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 prop-

T.44, C.14, A.8, P.4

erty 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 Ga. App. LEXIS 588 (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 Ga. App. LEXIS 80 (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.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 2020–2020 · leading case: Massey v. Duke Builders, Inc, 849 S.E.2d 186 (Ga. 2020).
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Massey v. Duke Builders, Inc, 849 S.E.2d 186 (Ga. 2020). · cites it 2× “The lien statutes also allow property owners to speed up the process of having the validity of the lien determined.”
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