| Article 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS |
| Article 2. SHERIFF EMERITUS |
| Article 3. SHERIFF OFFICES' NOMENCLATURE |
REFS & ANNOS
TITLE 15 Chapter 16 NOTE
CROSS REFERENCES. --Powers and duties of sheriffs with regard to county jails, § 42-4-1 et seq.
ADMINISTRATIVE RULES AND REGULATIONS. --Organization, Official Compilation of the Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia, Rules of Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training Council, Chapter 464-1.
JUDICIAL DECISIONS
LIABILITY OF COUNTIES FOR ACTS OF SHERIFFS. --Because Georgia counties and sheriffs appear inextricably intertwined, the acts of the sheriff are therefore the acts of the county for purposes of liability under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Hamilton ex rel. Hamilton v. Cannon, 864 F. Supp. 1332 (M.D. Ga. 1994), rev'd on other grounds, 80 F.3d 1525 (11th Cir. 1996).
CITED in In re Irvin, 171 Ga. App. 794, 321 S.E.2d 119 (1984).
ADMINISTRATIVE RULES AND REGULATIONS. --Organization, Official Compilation of the Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia, Rules of Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training Council, Chapter 464-1.
JUDICIAL DECISIONS
LIABILITY OF COUNTIES FOR ACTS OF SHERIFFS. --Because Georgia counties and sheriffs appear inextricably intertwined, the acts of the sheriff are therefore the acts of the county for purposes of liability under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Hamilton ex rel. Hamilton v. Cannon, 864 F. Supp. 1332 (M.D. Ga. 1994), rev'd on other grounds, 80 F.3d 1525 (11th Cir. 1996).
CITED in In re Irvin, 171 Ga. App. 794, 321 S.E.2d 119 (1984).