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2018 Georgia Code 9-12-136 | Car Wreck Lawyer

TITLE 9 CIVIL PRACTICE

Section 12. Verdict and Judgment, 9-12-1 through 9-12-138.

ARTICLE 6 ENFORCEMENT OF FOREIGN JUDGMENTS

9-12-136. Actions to enforce judgments preserved.

The judgment creditor retains the right to bring an action to enforce a judgment instead of proceeding under this article.

(Code 1981, §9-12-136, enacted by Ga. L. 1986, p. 380, § 1.)

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

Statute of limitation not a bar to filing foreign judgment.

- Five-year statute of limitation of O.C.G.A. § 9-3-20 did not bar the filing and enforcement of a properly authenticated foreign judgment under the Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Law, O.C.G.A. § 9-12-130 et seq. Wright v. Trust Co. Bank, 219 Ga. App. 551, 466 S.E.2d 74 (1995).

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