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Call Now: 904-383-7448Any 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.
(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.)
- 63C Am. Jur. 2d, Public Officers and Employees, § 336.
- Personal liability of public officer or sureties on his bond for nonperformance 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.
(Code 1933, § 91-801a, enacted by Ga. L. 1971, p. 400, § 1; Ga. L. 1972, p. 480, § 1; Ga. L. 2005, p. 117, § 26/HB 312.)
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