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O.C.G.A. § 9-12-84 — When money judgment against nonresident creates lien on land within state against third parties without notice | Georgia Code
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TITLE 9 CIVIL PRACTICE

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

ARTICLE 4 JUDGMENT LIENS

9-12-84. When money judgment against nonresident creates lien on land within state against third parties without notice.

  1. As against the interests of third parties acting in good faith and without notice who have acquired a transfer or lien binding any real estate situated in this state owned by a nonresident, no money judgment obtained in any court of this state or federal court in this state against the nonresident shall create a lien upon the real estate of the nonresident unless the execution issuing thereon is entered upon the general execution docket of the county in which the real estate is situated. When the execution is entered upon the docket, the lien shall date from such entry.
  2. Nothing in this Code section shall be construed to affect the validity or force of any judgment as between the parties thereto.

(Ga. L. 1890-91, p. 207, §§ 1, 2; Civil Code 1895, §§ 2783, 2784; Civil Code 1910, §§ 3325, 3326; Code 1933, §§ 39-706, 39-707.)

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

Cited in Reynolds Banking Co. v. I.F. Peebles & Co., 142 Ga. 615, 83 S.E. 229 (1914).

RESEARCH REFERENCES

ALR.

- Mere rendition, or formal entry or docketing, of judgment as prerequisite to issuance of valid execution thereon, 65 A.L.R.2d 1162.

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