Negotiable instruments

O.C.G.A. § 10-7-2 — under Commerce and Trade.

O.C.G.A. § 10-7-2

Discharge of parties to negotiable instruments. Provisions of commercial paper article to control, §10-7-27. Notice. Parties claiming protection under a payment bond or security deposit. Action prerequisites, §10-7-31. Refusal to sue principal after notice by surety. Discharge of surety, §10-7-24. Novation. Defined, §10-7-21. Effect on surety’s liability, §10-7-21. Obligee. Defined, §10-7-30. Parol evidence. Proof of suretyship, §10-7-45. Parties claiming protection under a payment bond or security deposit. Rights, §10-7-31. Payment pending action, §10-7-49. Priorities. Subrogation to rights of creditor. Claims, §10-7-56. Process sued out and judgment entered against surety, §10-7-28. Promise to pay in ignorance of discharge, §10-7-26. Proof of suretyship. After judgment, §10-7-46. Parol evidence, §10-7-45. Releases. Discharge of surety by increase of risk, §10-7-22. Effect of release of or compounding with surety, §10-7-20. Promise to pay in ignorance of discharge, §10-7-26. Refusal to deliver evidence of debt and securities and tender on amount of debt. Discharge of surety, §10-7-23. 1573 INDEX SURETYSHIP —Cont’d Releases —Cont’d Refusal to sue principal after notice by surety. Discharge of surety, §10-7-24. Securities. Compelling transfer of security from principal, §10-7-52. Enforcement of security given by principal, §10-7-44. Subrogation to rights of creditors. Securities held by creditor, §10-7-57. Subrogation. Control of execution and judgment by surety. Subrogation to plaintiff’s rights, §10-7-47. Rights of creditors.