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title: O.C.G.A. § 42-4-3. When coroner to act as keeper of jail.
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# O.C.G.A. § 42-4-3. When coroner to act as keeper of jail.

The county coroner shall be keeper of the jail when the sheriff is imprisoned or absent from the county leaving no deputy.

## History

Orig. Code 1863, § 564; Code 1868, § 628; Code 1873, § 587; Code 1882, § 587; Penal Code 1895, § 1122; Penal Code 1910, § 1151; Code 1933, § 77-105.

## Cross References

Coroners generally, § 45-16-1 et seq.