280 Ga. App. 815 - Nolan v. Jowers’s Empirical Analysis

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5 state decisions

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1. “OCGA § 40-12-2 provides that service of process upon a nonresident pursuant to [OCGA §] 40-12-1 shall be made by serving a copy of the complaint or other pleading with summons attached thereto on the Secretary of State, his duly authorized agent, or his successor in office, along with a copy of the affidavit to be submitted to the court pursuant to [OCGA § 40-12-2]. Such service shall be sufficient service upon any such nonresident, provided that notice of such service and a copy of the complaint and process are forthwith sent by registered or certified mail or statutory overnight delivery by the plaintiff to the defendant^]”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 337 Ga. App. 301 - Covault v. Harris

2. “the plaintiff must also serve the defendant by registered or certified mail or statutory overnight delivery, if his address is known, and the defendant’s return receipt and the plaintiff’s affidavit of compliance that he has so served the defendant must be filed with the summons, complaint, and other papers in the case in the court wherein the action is pending.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 337 Ga. App. 301 - Covault v. Harris