"IN THE __________________ COURT OF __________________ COUNTY | ||
STATE OF GEORGIA | ||
(Style of case) | CIVIL ACTION | |
NO. __________________ | ||
SUMMONS | ||
TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANT: |
The defendant __________________ herein __________________ hereby commanded and required personally or by attorney to file with the Clerk of the __________________ Court of __________________ County (insert location) within seven days from the date of service of the within affidavit and summons, or on the first business day thereafter if the seventh day falls on a Saturday, a Sunday, or a legal holiday, then and there to answer said affidavit in writing or orally. If the defendant fails to answer on or before the seventh day from the date of service, the defendant may reopen the default as a matter of right by making an answer within seven days after the date of the default notwithstanding the provision of Code Section 9-11-55 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated. If the seventh day is a Saturday, a Sunday, or a legal holiday, the answer may be made on the next day which is not a Saturday, a Sunday, or a legal holiday. The last possible date on which the defendant may answer is the __________________ day of __________________, __________________. If answer is not so made, a writ of possession shall issue against you as by law provided, pursuant to plaintiff's affidavit.
Witness the Honorable __________________, Judge of said Court.
This __________________ day of __________________, __________________.
__________________Clerk,__________________ Court of __________________ County
Service perfected ondefendant, this __________________day of __________________, __________________.
__________________Sheriff, deputy, marshalor constable"
OCGA § 44-14-232