Upon demand by any sheriff, constable, or other levying officer having in his hands any execution against any person who is the owner of any shares of stock of a bank or corporation upon the president, superintendent, manager, or other officer having access to the books of the bank or corporation, the president, superintendent, manager, or other officer aforesaid shall disclose to the levying officer the number of shares and the par value thereof owned by the defendant in execution and, on refusal to do so, shall be considered in contempt of court and punished accordingly.
(Laws 1822, Cobb's 1851 Digest, p. 511; Code 1863, § 2582; Code 1868, § 2584; Code 1873, § 2626; Code 1882, § 2626; Ga. L. 1890-91, p. 73, § 1; Ga. L. 1894, p. 45, § 1; Civil Code 1895, § 5430; Civil Code 1910, § 6035; Code 1933, § 39-123.)
RESEARCH REFERENCES
C.J.S.
- 33 C.J.S., Executions, § 39.
ALR.
- Shares of corporate stock as subject of execution or attachment, 1 A.L.R. 653.
Exclusiveness of statutory remedy of sale or forfeiture of stock to enforce liability for assessment, 83 A.L.R. 892.
Power of equity court to reach or to sequester, for seizure and sale, beneficial equitable interests in corporate stock shares, 42 A.L.R.2d 920.