{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-44-14-303","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 44-14-303","heading":"Defenses by mortgagor; hearing in magistrate’s court.","body":"The mortgagor may avail himself of any defense he may have to the foreclosure in the same manner and upon the same conditions as allowed by law in case of foreclosure of chattel mortgages in the superior courts. Whenever any such defense is filed by the mortgagor, the magistrate issuing the execution shall have the power and jurisdiction to hear and determine the issues made thereon as in other cases at law.","path":["TITLE 44 Property","CHAPTER 14 Mortgages, Conveyances to Secure Debt, and Liens","Article 7 Foreclosure","PART 4 Foreclosures on Personalty","Subpart 4 Foreclosures in Magistrate Court"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.44.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":"1451e3cdcc8cd0299618706213001087ab9b766e886acfb5c1293d814b57a6fa","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-44-14-302","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-44-14-320"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}