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title: O.C.G.A. § 45-16-8. Service of process when sheriff disqualified.
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# O.C.G.A. § 45-16-8. Service of process when sheriff disqualified.

If any person makes an affidavit stating (1) that a sheriff is disqualified from acting in any proceeding, which disqualification was not apparent at the outset of the proceeding, or (2) that a sheriff or his deputy refuses to serve a writ or other process, then the clerk of the court from which the process issues shall place the process in the hands of the coroner for execution. The clerk may compel the sheriff to return the writ or other process to the clerk’s office in order to allow for execution by the coroner.

## History

Orig. Code 1863, § 565; Code 1868, § 629; Code 1873, § 588; Code 1882, § 588; Civil Code 1895, § 496; Civil Code 1910, § 614; Code 1933, § 21-106; Code 1981, § 45-16-9; Code 1981, § 45-16-8, enacted by Ga. L. 1985, p. 843, § 3.

## Editor's Notes

The 1985 amendment, effective April 3, 1985, in effect renumbered former § 45-16-9 as this Code section, without any change of language. For present provisions similar to former § 45-16-8, see §§ 45-16-6 and 45-16-7(b).