2019 Georgia Code
Title 9 - Civil Practice
Chapter 12 - Verdict and Judgment
Article 1 - General Provisions
§ 9-12-21. Judgments transferable; status of transferee

Universal Citation: GA Code § 9-12-21 (2019)

A person in whose favor a judgment has been entered or a person to whom a judgment has been transferred may bona fide and for a valuable consideration transfer any judgment to a third person. In all such cases the transferee of any judgment shall have the same rights and shall be subject to the same equities and to the same defenses as was the original holder of the judgment.

History:

Laws 1829, Cobb's 1851 Digest, p. 499; Code 1863, § 3516; Code 1868, § 3539; Code 1873, § 3597; Code 1882, § 3597; Civil Code 1895, § 5374; Civil Code 1910, § 5969; Code 1933, § 110-901.

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