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O.C.G.A. § 45-16-5 (2019)

Additional bond when acting for sheriff

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When a coroner is required to act in the place of a sheriff, generally or specially, the judge of the probate court may require of him an additional bond in such sum and with such sureties as the judge, in his discretion, may think sufficient to meet the contingency.

History

(Orig. Code 1863, § 563; Code 1868, § 627; Code 1873, § 586; Code 1882, § 586; Civil Code 1895, § 495; Civil Code 1910, § 613; Code 1933, § 21-107.)

Annotations

Cross references. - Duty of coroner to act as keeper of county jail when sheriff

is imprisoned or absent from county, § 42-4-3.

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.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 2015–2015 · leading case: Crosby v. Johnson, 779 S.E.2d 446 (Ga. Ct. App. 2015).
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Crosby v. Johnson, 779 S.E.2d 446 (Ga. Ct. App. 2015). · cites it 2× “4 See OCGA §§ 45-16-5; 45-16-8. 5 See Nichols v.”
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