GEORGIA CODE (Last Updated: August 20, 2013) |
Title 18. DEBTOR AND CREDITOR |
Chapter 4. GARNISHMENT PROCEEDINGS |
Article 5. ANSWER BY GARNISHEE AND SUBSEQUENT PROCEEDINGS |
Section 18-4-96. Procedure where money or other property in court subject to conflicting cases
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- Where money or other property in court is subject to the claims of more than one garnishment case, any interested party to any one of the garnishment cases may make a motion to the court in his case for the distribution of the money or other property. Each party of interest in each case and the clerk of the court shall be served with a copy of the motion. Upon hearing the motion, the court shall enter an order directing that the clerk be paid the court cost of each garnishment proceeding first, and all remaining money or other property shall be distributed in accordance with the law governing the relative priorities of claims, judgments, and liens.
Code 1933, § 46-513, enacted by Ga. L. 1976, p. 1608, § 1.