{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-9-10-34","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 9-10-34","heading":"Action against third-party defendant.","body":"(a) As used in this Code section, the term:\n(1) “Defending party” means a party to a civil action who is:\n(A) A defendant who contends that a person or entity not a party to the action is or may be liable to the defendant for all or part of a plaintiff’s claim against the defendant;\n(B) A plaintiff who contends that a person or entity not a party to the action is or may be liable to the plaintiff for all or part of another party’s claim against the plaintiff; or\n(C) A third-party defendant who contends that a person or entity not a party to the action is or may be liable to the third-party defendant for all or part of a claim made in the action against the third-party defendant.\n(2) “Third-party defendant” means any person or entity whom a defending party contends may be liable to the defending party for all or part of the claim made against the defending party in the action.\n(b) The claim of a defending party against a third-party defendant may be tried in the county where the action in which the claim for which the third-party defendant may be wholly or partially liable to the defending party is pending; and such claim may be tried in such county even though the third-party defendant is not a resident of such county.\n(c) The venue established under this Code section against a third-party defendant is dependent upon the venue over the defending party who brought the third-party defendant into the action, and if venue is lost over said defending party, whether through dismissal or otherwise, venue shall likewise be lost as to the third-party defendant.","path":["TITLE 9 Civil Practice","CHAPTER 10 Civil Practice and Procedure Generally","Article 2 Venue","PART 1 General Provisions"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.09.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":"9638baf520b205770a17fc0e2d95f162cfde0c0f0110f61b624f1e3f4c7395d4","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-9-10-33","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-9-10-50"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}