Georgia Code, Title 15, Chapter 16, Article 1 - General Provisions

• § 15-16-1 - Qualification Requirements for Sheriff; Exemptions
  (a) Intent. The General Assembly declares it to be in the best interests of the citizens of this state that qualifications and standards for...
• § 15-16-2 - Certain Sureties Ineligible
  A surety for any tax collector or other holder of public money is ineligible for the office of sheriff until all moneys for which...
• § 15-16-3 - Basic Training Course; Compensation and Costs
  (a) Intent. The General Assembly declares it to be the purpose of this Code section to promote the orderly transfer of the law enforcement...
• § 15-16-4 - Oath of Office
  Before entering on the duties of their office the sheriffs shall take and subscribe, in addition to the oath required of all civil officers,...
• § 15-16-4.1 - Actions in Violation of Oath
  Without limiting the generality of the oath set out in Code Section 15-16-4, it shall be a violation of a sheriff's oath of office...
• § 15-16-5 - Required Bond
  The sheriffs shall give a bond in the sum of $25,000.00, which amount may be increased in any county by local Act, conditioned for...
• § 15-16-6 - Examination and Approval of Bond
  (a) The bond given by the sheriff shall be approved by the judge of the probate court and then deposited in the office of...
• § 15-16-7 - Recordation and Filing of Bond
  When the sheriff's bond has been approved by the judge of the probate court and before it is deposited in the clerk's office, it...
• § 15-16-8 - How Vacancies Filled; Failure to Appoint; Certification Required
  (a) Except as otherwise provided by local law, vacancies in the office of sheriff shall be filled by the chief deputy sheriff if a...
• § 15-16-9 - Sheriff's Office
  Sheriffs must keep their offices at the same places and on the same terms as clerks of the superior court are required to do.
• § 15-16-10 - Duties; Penalties; Electronic Storage
  (a) It is the duty of the sheriff: (1) To execute and return the processes and orders of the courts and of officers of...
• § 15-16-11 - Disposition of Books
  Reserved. Repealed by Ga. L. 2012, p. 173, § 1-31/HB 665, effective July 1, 2012.
• § 15-16-12 - Retention of Newspapers
  The sheriff of each county is authorized to enter into agreements with the judge of the probate court or the clerk of the superior...
• § 15-16-13 - Law Enforcement Contracts With Municipalities Authorized; Reimbursement to County
  (a) The sheriffs of the various counties of this state are authorized to contract with the governing body of any municipal corporation located within...
• § 15-16-14 - Administration of Oaths
  Sheriffs and their legal deputies may administer oaths in all cases where, in discharge of the duties of the office of sheriff, it is...
• § 15-16-15 - Entries and Returns Amendable
  The sheriff or other executing officer may amend his official entries and returns so as to make the entries and returns conform to the...
• § 15-16-16 - Entries and Returns Nunc Pro Tunc
  If the sheriff or other executing officer fails to make an official return which by law he should have made, the entry or return...
• § 15-16-17 - Service and Execution of Processes From Justices' Courts
  Reserved. Repealed by Ga. L. 1983, p. 884, § 4-2, effective July 1, 1983.
• § 15-16-18 - Purchase At Own Sale Not Permitted
  No sheriff or deputy or other officer discharging a similar duty shall be permitted to purchase any property whatever at his own sale, either...
• § 15-16-19 - Fee System Abolished; Salary
  (a) The fee system of compensating the sheriffs of the various counties in this state or the fee system supplemented by a salary is...
• § 15-16-20 - Minimum Annual Salary; Increase; Operating Expenses
  (a) (1) Any other law to the contrary notwithstanding, the minimum annual salary of each sheriff in this state shall be fixed according to...
• § 15-16-20.1 - Additional Salary
  In addition to the minimum salary provided in Code Section 15-16-20, the sheriff of any county who performs the duties of a sheriff for...
• § 15-16-20.2 - Monthly Contingent Expense Allowance for the Operation of the Sheriff's Office
  In addition to any salary, fees, or expenses now or hereafter provided by law, the governing authority of each county is authorized to provide...
• § 15-16-21 - Fees for Sheriff's Services; Disposition of Fees
  (a) Reserved.(b) For the services of the sheriff in civil cases, the following fees shall be charged: (1) Serving copy of process and returning...
• § 15-16-22 - Mileage Fees for Service Outside County
  For serving any process, summons, or notice in a county other than the county of his residence, a sheriff shall charge 10 cent(s) per...
• § 15-16-23 - Appointment of Deputy Sheriffs; Bond
  Sheriffs are authorized in their discretion to appoint one or more deputies. Each deputy shall be required to execute a bond with a surety...
• § 15-16-24 - Liability for Misconduct of Jailers
  Sheriffs are liable for the misconduct of their jailers as they are liable for their deputies; and persons injured by a jailer have the...
• § 15-16-25 - Liability for Hire Received
  Where sheriffs hire property out after it has been levied upon, they are liable to the proper party for the hire received.
• § 15-16-26 - Investigation of Charges Against Sheriff; Suspension; Additional Investigations; Assumption of Sheriff's Duties; Indictment for Felony
  (a) Whenever the Governor determines that an investigation of a sheriff of this state should be made as a result of criminal charges, alleged...
• § 15-16-27 - Deposit of Cash Bonds and Reserves of Professional Bondspersons in Interest-Bearing Accounts; Disposition of Interest
  (a) Unless transferred to the appropriate clerk of court, the sheriff shall deposit cash bonds held by the sheriff in one or more interest-bearing...
• § 15-16-28 - Creation of Merit Board; Appeals From Disciplinary Actions
  In any county there may be created by local Act of the General Assembly a merit board to hear and decide appeals from disciplinary...

Last modified: October 14, 2016