{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-9-12-16","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 9-12-16","heading":"Validity of judgment when court does not have jurisdiction.","body":"The judgment of a court having no jurisdiction of the person or the subject matter or which is void for any other cause is a mere nullity and may be so held in any court when it becomes material to the interest of the parties to consider it.","path":["TITLE 9 Civil Practice","CHAPTER 12 Verdict and Judgment","Article 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":"0cdcb2c70a31bdb6ea9131119596e5a21bdad1f56460faac7602c6a311d4debc","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-9-12-15","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-9-12-17"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}