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title: O.C.G.A. § 15-10-102. Powers and duties of constables.
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# O.C.G.A. § 15-10-102. Powers and duties of constables.

The powers and duties of constables include the following:

(1) To attend regularly all sessions of magistrate court;

(2) To pay promptly over money collected by them to the magistrate court;

(3) To execute and return all warrants, summonses, executions, and other processes directed to them by the magistrate court; and

(4) To perform such other duties as are required of them by law or as necessarily appertain to their offices.

## History

Code 1981, § 15-10-102, enacted by Ga. L. 1983, p. 884, § 2-1; Ga. L. 1984, p. 22, § 15.