Section 18-3-19. Forms for attachment  


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  •    In all cases of attachment, the form of the affidavit, bond, attachment, and order authorizing the issuance thereof may be as follows:
     
       (1) Affidavit for attachment.
     
                                       AFFIDAVIT                                   

          STATE OF GEORGIA
          COUNTY OF     
          Personally appeared              who on oath says that he is attorney at law 
       for              and that              is indebted to said plaintiff in the sum of $
               and that said defendant      .
                                                                                         
                                                                            Affiant
          Sworn to and subscribed
          before me this     
          day of    ,    .
     
                                                                                    
     
                                                                       Judge       

    (2) Bond.
     
     
                                         BOND                                      

          STATE OF GEORGIA
          COUNTY OF     
          We,     , principal, and     , security, jointly and severally 
       acknowledge ourselves bound unto the foregoing defendant in the sum of $
             , subject to the following conditions:
          The said principal is seeking attachment against the said defendant 
       which is now about to be sued out in the        Court of        County.
          Now, if the said plaintiff shall pay all damages that the defendant may 
       sustain, and also all costs that may be incurred by him in consequence of 
       suing out such attachment, in the event that the said plaintiff shall fail 
       to recover in said case, then this bond shall be void.
                                                                             (SEAL)
                                                                             (SEAL)
          Witnessed and approved
          this        day of
              ,    .
                    
          Deputy Clerk,
              Court of       County

    (3) Attachment.
     
     
                                      ATTACHMENT                                   
     
          STATE OF GEORGIA
          COUNTY OF     
          To the marshal of said court or his lawful deputies, to all and singular 
       the sheriffs or their lawful deputies, and to all lawful constables of said 
       state:
          You are commanded to seize so much of the property of the foregoing 
       defendant as will make the sum of $      and all costs, and to serve such 
       summons of garnishment as may be placed in your hands, and that you make 
       return of this attachment with your actions entered thereon to the      
       term,       , of the      Court of     County, to which court this 
       attachment is hereby made returnable.
          This      day of     ,     .
                                                                             (SEAL)
                                                               Court of      County

    (4) Order.
     
     
                            IN THE     COURT OF      COUNTY                        
     
     
                                   STATE OF GEORGIA                                

                                       )
          Plaintiff                    )
            v.                         )                             Civil action  
                                       )                               File no.    
                                       )
          Defendant                    )
                                       )
     
     
                                         ORDER                                     

          Upon application of the plaintiff for a writ of attachment, and having 
       considered the affidavit with bond attached, and inquiring into the grounds 
       and circumstances herein, it is the determination of this court that the 
       plaintiff is (or is not) entitled to a writ of attachment, and it is
          ORDERED that a writ of attachment issue upon the property of the 
       defendant (or that a writ of attachment be denied).
          This     day of     ,     .
                                                                                   
                                                                             Judge,
                                                               Court of      County
Ga. L. 1855-56, p. 25, § 42; Code 1863, § 3205; Code 1868, § 3216; Code 1873, § 3283; Code 1882, § 3283; Civil Code 1895, § 4529; Civil Code 1910, § 5074; Code 1933, § 8-119; Ga. L. 1980, p. 1065, § 7; Ga. L. 1999, p. 81, § 18.