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# O.C.G.A. § 45-16-9. Fees.

(a) When performing the duties of a sheriff, the coroner’s fees are the same as a sheriff’s.

(b) This Code section shall not be construed to repeal or preempt any local Act or general Act of local application which places any coroner upon an annual salary or authorizes any coroner to receive fees in excess of those specified in this Code section.

## History

Laws 1792, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 352; Ga. L. 1859, p. 25, § 1; Code 1863, § 3625; Code 1868, § 3650; Code 1873, § 3701; Ga. L. 1878-79, p. 73, § 1; Code 1882, § 3701; Penal Code 1895, § 1112; Penal Code 1910, § 1141; Code 1933, § 21-105; Ga. L. 1953, Jan.-Feb. Sess., p. 210, § 1; Ga. L. 1980, p. 543, § 2; Code 1981, § 45-16-6; Code 1981, § 45-16-9, enacted by Ga. L. 1985, p. 843, § 3.

## Cross References

Fees for services of sheriff, § 15-16-21.

## Editor's Notes

The 1985 amendment, effective April 3, 1985, in effect renumbered former § 45-16-6 as this Code section. For present provisions of former § 45-16-9, see § 45-16-8.