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title: O.C.G.A. § 15-16-20.1. Additional salary for court coverage.
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# O.C.G.A. § 15-16-20.1. Additional salary for court coverage.

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 a state court, probate court, magistrate court, juvenile court, or county recorder’s court under any applicable general or local law of this state shall receive for his or her services in such court or courts a salary of not less than $385.90 per month, to be paid from the funds of the county. A sheriff who serves in more than one such court shall receive such salary for up to two courts. Such salaries shall not be eligible for increase for any state cost-of-living or general performance based increases.

## History

Code 1981, § 15-16-20.1, enacted by Ga. L. 1984, p. 783, § 2; Ga. L. 1985, p. 430, § 2; Ga. L. 1986, p. 837, § 2; Ga. L. 1987, p. 3, § 15; Ga. L. 1998, p. 1159, § 15; Ga. L. 2001, p. 902, § 13; Ga. L. 2006, p. 568, § 9/SB 450; Ga. L. 2019, p. 1015, § 7/SB 171; Ga. L. 2024, p. 502, § 1/SB 37, effective July 1, 2024.

## Amendments

The 2019 amendment, effective January 1, 2021, substituted “$385.90 per month” for “$323.59 per month” near the end of the first sentence of this Code section.

The 2024 amendment, effective July 1, 2024, in the second sentence, deleted “only one” following “receive” and added “for up to two courts” at the end and added the third sentence.