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title: O.C.G.A. § 15-16-16. Entries and returns nunc pro tunc.
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# O.C.G.A. § 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 may be made nunc pro tunc by order of the court, so as to make the proceedings conform to the facts at the time the entry should have been made.

## History

Orig. Code 1863, § 3427; Code 1868, § 3447; Code 1873, § 3498; Code 1882, § 3498; Civil Code 1895, § 5117; Civil Code 1910, § 5701; Code 1933, § 24-2816.