{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-10-7-56","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 10-7-56","heading":"Subrogation to rights of creditor — Priority of claim.","body":"A surety who has paid the debt of his principal shall be subrogated, both at law and in equity, to all the rights of the creditor and, in a controversy with other creditors, shall rank in dignity the same as the creditor whose claim he paid.","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":"57ec141cd6e73a8ee940650eeeed4d35549609a2582e152c6acce8b86cf41922","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-10-7-55","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-10-7-57"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}