Section 18-3-17. Courts to which attachments returnable; applicability of general rules of civil practice and procedure; filing of declaration in attachment; notice of declaration

   (a) Attachments shall be returnable to the court of record in which filed pursuant to subsection (a) of Code Section 18-3-9 and shall be governed by the rules of procedure and practice governing ordinary civil actions, as respects appearance day, trial term, and judgment pursuant to default, and by any and all other rules relating to procedure and practice.

(b) The plaintiff shall file his declaration in attachment within 15 days after the levy of attachment and the declaration shall thereafter be governed by the rules governing ordinary civil actions as provided for in subsection (a) of this Code section. Notice of the declaration shall be given pursuant to Code Section 18-3-14.

Laws 1799, Cobb's 1851 Digest, pp. 70, 638; Ga. L. 1855-56, p. 25, § 6; Ga. L. 1857, p. 117, § 1; Code 1863, § 3194; Code 1868, § 3205; Code 1873, § 3272; Code 1882, § 3272; Civil Code 1895, § 4518; Civil Code 1910, § 5063; Code 1933, § 8-117; Ga. L. 1962, p. 520, § 1; Ga. L. 1980, p. 1065, § 6.