Section 18-4-112. Filing and contents of affidavit for continuing garnishment; issuance of summons; notice and service of summons

   (a) In addition to the information required by Code Section 18-4-61, an affidavit for continuing garnishment shall state that the plaintiff believes that the garnishee is or may be an employer of the defendant and subject to continuing garnishment and shall request that a summons of continuing garnishment shall issue. Upon the filing of the affidavit with the clerk of any court having jurisdiction over the garnishee, the clerk shall cause a summons of continuing garnishment to issue forthwith, provided that the affidavit shall first be made and approved as containing the information required by Code Section 18-4-61 and by this Code section in one of the ways provided for in Code Section 18-4-61.

(b) Only one summons of continuing garnishment may issue on one affidavit for continuing garnishment, and the defendant shall be given notice of the issuance of the summons using any method provided for in Code Section 18-4-64.

(c) The plaintiff, using either forms provided by the court or forms prepared by the plaintiff, shall cause forms sufficient for seven garnishee answers to a summons of continuing garnishment to be served on the garnishee along with the summons.

Code 1933, § 46-703, enacted by Ga. L. 1980, p. 1769, § 8; Ga. L. 2012, p. 2, § 14/HB 683.