{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-18-2-40","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 18-2-40","heading":"Right of debtor to prefer creditors.","body":"A debtor may prefer one creditor over another; and to that end he may rightfully give a lien by mortgage or other legal means, sell in payment of the debt, or transfer choses in action as collateral security, where the surplus in such cases is not reserved for the debtor’s own benefit.","path":["TITLE 18 Debtor and Creditor","CHAPTER 2 Debtor and Creditor Relations","Article 3 Preferences and Assignments for Benefit of Creditors"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.18.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":"99788b05cb24dbebf5be2cf5339a5f3778dd26ade8d4ba5288ef5d12ae285a5d","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-18-2-25","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-18-2-41"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}