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O.C.G.A. § 45-16-4 — Bond generally; liability for moneys collected or failing to do duties | Georgia Code

O.C.G.A. § 45-16-4 (2018) Copy Cite Official Site Syfertize CourtListener Scholar Amendments

TITLE 45 PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

Section 16. Coroners, 45-16-1 through 45-16-80.

ARTICLE 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS

45-16-4. Bond generally; liability for moneys collected or failing to do duties.

A coroner shall give bond and surety in the sum of $12,500.00 at the same time as he takes the oath provided for in Code Section 45-16-3. He is liable for retaining moneys collected or for otherwise failing to do his duty as sheriffs are and is subject to the same proceedings.

(Laws 1823, Cobb's 1851 Digest, p. 539; Code 1863, § 562; Code 1868, § 626; Code 1873, § 585; Code 1882, § 585; Civil Code 1895, § 494; Civil Code 1910, § 612; Code 1933, § 21-104; Ga. L. 1985, p. 843, § 2.)

Cross references.

- Official bonds generally, T. 45, C. 4.

RESEARCH REFERENCES

Am. Jur. 2d.

- 18 Am. Jur. 2d, Coroners or Medical Examiners, § 2.

C.J.S.

- 18 C.J.S., Coroners, §§ 2, 5, 6, 32.

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