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2018 Georgia Code 36-9-8 | Car Wreck Lawyer

Link to State of Georgia Official Statute 2018 Georgia Code Annotated (sourced from legal.resource.org)

O.C.G.A. 36-9-8 Case Law from Google Scholar Amendments to OCGA 36-9-8

TITLE 36 LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Section 9. County Property Generally, 36-9-1 through 36-9-11.

ARTICLE 2 COUNTY GOVERNING AUTHORITIES

36-9-8. Protection of county property by sheriff.

The public grounds and other county property are placed in the keeping of the sheriff of the county, subject to the order of the county governing authority; and it is his or her duty to preserve them from injury or waste and to prevent intrusions upon them.

(Orig. Code 1863, § 471; Code 1868, § 533; Code 1873, § 499; Code 1882, § 499; Civil Code 1895, § 354; Civil Code 1910, § 403; Code 1933, § 91-705; Ga. L. 2006, p. 560, § 2/SB 462.)

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

Cited in McDonald v. Marshall, 185 Ga. 438, 195 S.E. 571 (1938); Favors v. State, 104 Ga. App. 854, 123 S.E.2d 207 (1961); Wheeler v. DeKalb County, 249 Ga. 678, 292 S.E.2d 855 (1982); Dorsey v. State, 279 Ga. 534, 615 S.E.2d 512 (2005).

Cases Citing Georgia Code 36-9-8 From Courtlistener.com
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Dorsey v. State
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia | Date Filed: 2005-06-30
Citation: 615 S.E.2d 512, 279 Ga. 534, 2005 Fulton County D. Rep. 2022, 2005 Ga. LEXIS 449
Snippet: as if it were his own personal domain. OCGA §§ 36-9-8 (duty of sheriff to preserve county property from