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2020 Georgia Code
Title 45 - Public Officers and Employees
Chapter 16 - Coroners
Article 1 - General Provisions
§ 45-16-4. Bond Generally; Liability for Moneys Collected or Failing to Do Duties
Universal Citation: GA Code § 45-16-4 (2020)
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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