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title: O.C.G.A. § 45-4-21. Effect of failure of officer to mark bond or give required notice.
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# O.C.G.A. § 45-4-21. Effect of failure of officer to mark bond or give required notice.

If any officer whose duty it is to mark a bond filed and to give the several notices required in this chapter shall fail to do so without good and sufficient excuse, he shall be fined as for a contempt of court, in the discretion of the court, upon information being filed and a citation being served to appear before the superior court of the county of his residence.

## History

Orig. Code 1863, § 153; Code 1868, § 148; Code 1873, § 159; Code 1882, § 159; Civil Code 1895, § 255; Civil Code 1910, § 290; Code 1933, § 89-413.