Section 18-4-83. Service of answer of garnishee on plaintiff or attorney

   All garnishee answers shall, concurrently with filing, be served upon the plaintiff or the plaintiff's attorney. Service may be shown by the written acknowledgment of the plaintiff or the plaintiff's attorney, or by the certificate of the garnishee or the garnishee's attorney, attached to the garnishee's answer, that a copy of the garnishee's answer was mailed to the plaintiff or the plaintiff's attorney; provided, however, that no service shall be required unless the name and address of the plaintiff or the plaintiff's attorney shall appear on the face of the summons of garnishment; provided, further, that, if the garnishee fails to serve the plaintiff, the plaintiff shall be allowed 15 days from the time the plaintiff receives actual notice of the garnishee's answer to traverse the same.

Code 1933, § 46-502, enacted by Ga. L. 1976, p. 1608, § 1; Ga. L. 2012, p. 2, § 9/HB 683.