OCGA § 15-10-50 Interrogatories to Judgment Debtor; Form; Contempt; Authorized Discovery Procedures

• Library: Code of Georgia
• Edition: 2023
• Currency: Current through 2023-2024 Legislative Session Chapter 353 and 2023 Special Session Chapter 5
• Year: 2023
• Citation: OCGA § 15-10-50

(a) In aid of any judgment or execution issued by any court in this state upon which the unpaid balance does not exceed the jurisdictional amount for civil claims in magistrate court as provided in paragraph (5) of Code Section 15-10-2, the judgment creditor or his successor in interest when that interest appears of record, may, in addition to any other process or remedy provided by law, examine the judgment debtor by propounding the interrogatories specified in this Code section in the manner provided in this Code section.

(b) If the judgment or execution concerning which interrogatories are being propounded was issued by the magistrate court, the judgment creditor may, after the entry of judgment, file the form interrogatories specified in this Code section with the clerk of the same magistrate court, along with costs of $10.00. Interrogatories filed under this subsection shall be served upon the judgment debtor by certified mail or statutory overnight delivery.

(c) Interrogatories propounded pursuant to a judgment entered in any other court shall be filed as a new civil action and shall be accompanied by the filing and service fees required for civil actions in that magistrate court. Interrogatories propounded under this subsection shall be served upon the judgment debtor in the manner provided for service of process in civil actions in magistrate court.

(d) The interrogatories, verification, and notice shall be in substantially the following form:

<TABLE border="0"> <TR><TD colspan="2"> <para>Magistrate Court of County State of Georgia</para></TD> </TR> <TR><TD> <para>__________________</para></TD><TD/> </TR> <TR><TD> <para>Plaintiff</para></TD><TD> <para>Current Civil Action</para></TD> </TR> <TR><TD> <para>__________________</para></TD><TD> <para>File No. __________________</para></TD> </TR> <TR><TD> <para>Address</para></TD><TD/> </TR> <TR><TD> <para>__________________</para></TD><TD/> </TR> <TR><TD> <para>v.</para></TD><TD> <para>Original Civil Action</para></TD> </TR> <TR><TD> <para>__________________</para></TD><TD> <para>File No. __________________</para></TD> </TR> <TR><TD> <para>Defendant</para></TD><TD> <para>Court where original</para></TD> </TR> <TR><TD/><TD> <para>judgment entered:</para></TD> </TR> <TR><TD> <para>__________________</para></TD><TD> <para>__________________</para></TD> </TR> <TR><TD> <para>Address</para></TD><TD/> </TR> <TR><TD> <para>__________________</para></TD><TD/> </TR> </TABLE>