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2010 Georgia Code

TITLE 9 - CIVIL PRACTICE

CHAPTER 12 - VERDICT AND JUDGMENT
ARTICLE 6 - ENFORCEMENT OF FOREIGN JUDGMENTS
§ 9-12-132 - Filing of judgment; force and effect following filing

O.C.G.A. 9-12-132 (2010)
9-12-132. Filing of judgment; force and effect following filing


A copy of any foreign judgment authenticated in accordance with an act of Congress or statutes of this state may be filed in the office of the clerk of any court of competent jurisdiction of this state. The clerk shall treat the foreign judgment in the same manner as a judgment of the court in which the foreign judgment is filed. A filed foreign judgment has the same effect and is subject to the same procedures, defenses, and proceedings for reopening, vacating, staying, enforcing, or satisfying as a judgment of the court in which it is filed and may be enforced or satisfied in like manner.