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title: O.C.G.A. § 15-16-23. Appointment of deputy sheriffs; bond.
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# O.C.G.A. § 15-16-23. Appointment of deputy sheriffs; bond.

Sheriffs are authorized in their discretion to appoint one or more deputies. Each deputy shall be required to execute a bond with a surety in the amount of $5,000.00 payable to the sheriff and conditioned upon the faithful accounting for all public and other funds or property coming into the deputy’s custody, control, care, or possession.

## History

Laws 1799, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 575; Code 1863, § 330; Code 1868, § 391; Code 1873, § 355; Code 1882, § 355; Civil Code 1895, § 4378; Civil Code 1910, § 4912; Code 1933, § 24-2811; Ga. L. 1982, p. 1779, §§ 1, 3; Ga. L. 1994, p. 747, § 2.