{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-10-7-22","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 10-7-22","heading":"Discharge of surety by increase of risk.","body":"Any act of the creditor, either before or after judgment against the principal, which injures the surety or increases his risk or exposes him to greater liability shall discharge him; a mere failure by the creditor to sue as soon as the law allows or neglect to prosecute with vigor his legal remedies, unless for a consideration, shall not release the surety.","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":"a02f172d79354a65dd6097f852ac7c551b9811a8b1165177f31206fa26d72779","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-10-7-21","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-10-7-23"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}