{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-10-7-20","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 10-7-20","heading":"Effect of release of or compounding with surety.","body":"The creditor may release or compound with the surety without releasing the principal, but the release of or compounding with one surety shall discharge a cosurety.","path":["TITLE 10 Commerce and Trade","CHAPTER 7 Suretyship","Article 2 Relative Rights of Creditor and Surety"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.10.odt","current_through":"Release 86 (2022-11)","vintage":"Public.Resource.Org bulk O.C.G.A., Release 86 (2022-11), retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T19:34:57Z","sha256":"a6657bd5f2761ffa6e99cf54460abd5916d2a206b87abdf6f30c4b37ea75e359","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-10-7-4","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-10-7-21"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}