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title: O.C.G.A. § 15-13-9. Deputy sheriff’s liability; effect on sheriff.
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# O.C.G.A. § 15-13-9. Deputy sheriff’s liability; effect on sheriff.

All deputy sheriffs shall be liable to be ruled and attached in the same way and manner as sheriffs. However, the liability of the sheriff shall not be affected by any such proceeding against his deputy when the same is not effective.

## History

Laws 1841, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 580; Code 1863, § 3863; Code 1868, § 3883; Code 1873, § 3959; Code 1882, § 3959; Civil Code 1895, § 4780; Civil Code 1910, § 5352; Code 1933, § 24-203.