§ 9-8-4.Caution to be exercised in appointing receiver

This section works as a check on the appointment power described elsewhere in the chapter. Placing property under a receiver strips an owner of control over it — a step Georgia law treats as serious enough to demand restraint from the bench.

The standard the section sets is narrow: courts should turn to receivership only in clear and urgent cases. That phrasing signals that doubtful or borderline situations shouldn’t result in a receiver’s appointment, and that the remedy is meant for circumstances where the need is evident and the timing pressing, not as a first response to any dispute touching property.

In practice, this caution provision gives a party opposing receivership language to argue that a case doesn’t meet the high bar the statute sets, even when one of the grounds for appointment described earlier in this chapter might technically apply.