O.C.G.A.
O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 15-2-22 (2019)

Sheriff of Supreme Court

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Code text and O.C.G.A. statutory annotations on this page reflect the 2019 Official Code of Georgia Annotated (Public.Resource.Org Release 73, 2019-08-21; public domain per Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, 2020). The Syfert case-law annotations in Notes of Decisions, below, are current.
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The sheriff of the Supreme Court shall be appointed by the Justices for such term as may be specified by the order of appointment, not to exceed six years.

History

Ga. L. 1882-83, p. 74, § 2; Civil Code 1895, § 5523; Civil Code 1910, § 6135; Code 1933, § 24-4401.

Annotations

RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. - 20 Am. Jur. 2d, Courts, § 1 et seq. C.J.S. - 21 C.J.S., Courts, § 121 et

seq. 80 C.J.S., Sheriffs and Constables, §§ 1 et seq., 51 et seq.