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title: O.C.G.A. § 44-2-42. Performance of clerk’s and sheriff’s duties by deputies; liability.
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# O.C.G.A. § 44-2-42. Performance of clerk’s and sheriff’s duties by deputies; liability.

The duties required of the clerk and the sheriff by this article may be performed through their lawful deputies; but the clerk or the sheriff, as the case may be, shall be responsible for the acts of such deputies.

## History

Ga. L. 1917, p. 108, § 83; Code 1933, § 60-415; Ga. L. 1982, p. 3, § 44.