{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-10-7-48","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 10-7-48","heading":"Control of execution and judgment by surety — When sued separately.","body":"If the surety is sued separately from his principal, on payment by him of the judgment against him, he shall be entitled to control the judgment and execution against his principal in the same manner as if the judgment and execution were joint; and, if he does not appear as surety in the judgment against him, he may give notice and make the proof and obtain the control in the same manner as provided in cases of joint judgments.","path":["TITLE 10 Commerce and Trade","CHAPTER 7 Suretyship","Article 3 Rights of Surety Against Principal, Cosureties, and Third Persons"],"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":"ab93143a81ac6c6fec359819adfe63a764de000704217a1ec2f6025201edc331","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-10-7-47","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-10-7-49"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}