O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 9-2-2 (2019)

Actions in personam; actions in rem

✓ 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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(a) An action may be against the person, or against property, or both. (b) Generally, a proceeding against the person shall bind the property also. A proceeding against property without service on the person shall bind only the particular property.

History

Orig. Code 1863, § 3176; Code 1868, § 3187; Code 1873, § 3252; Code 1882,

§ 3252; Civil Code 1895, § 4931; Civil Code 1910, § 5508; Code 1933, § 3-104; Ga. L. 1982, p. 3, § 9.

Annotations

RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. 1 Am. Jur. 2d, Actions, § 28 et seq.

C.J.S. 1A C.J.S., Actions, § 87.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 1 case, 2008–2008 · leading case: Spinner v. City of Dallas, 663 S.E.2d 815 (Ga. Ct. App. 2008).

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Spinner v. City of Dallas, 663 S.E.2d 815 (Ga. Ct. App. 2008). · cites it 2× “” OCGA § 9-2-2 (a). Here, the lawsuit was filed against both Spinner and his property.”

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