O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 50-16-145 (2019)

Actions against public officers for violations of part

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)

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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Any public officer who violates any one or more of the provisions of this part shall be liable to be ruled by the proper authority in the superior court in the same manner as the sheriffs and be subject to an action on his bond for the value of all public property not turned over or satisfactorily accounted for, provided that this and the preceding Code sections of this part shall not be construed to repeal any laws for the recovery of public property or the value thereof or for the punishment of any public officer who refuses, fails, or neglects to turn over or satisfactorily account for the same.

History

Ga. L. 1882-83, p. 126, § 7; Civil Code 1895, § 280; Civil Code 1910,

§ 315; Code 1933, § 91-806; Ga. L. 1982, p. 3, § 50.

Annotations

RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. - 63C Am. Jur. 2d, Public Officers and Employees, § 336. ALR. - Personal liability of public officer or sureties on his bond for nonperfor-

mance or improper performance of a duty imposed upon a board or corporate body of which he is a member, 123 A.L.R. 756. Liability of public officer or his bond for

loss of public funds due to insolvency of bank in which they were deposited, 155 A.L.R. 436.

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