Section 9-10-72. Issuance of second original where defendants reside out of county

   If the defendant or any of the defendants reside outside the county where the action is filed, the clerk shall issue a second original and copy for such other county or counties and forward the same to the sheriff, who shall serve the copy and return the second original, with his entry thereon, to the clerk of the court from which the same issued.

Orig. Code 1863, § 3254; Code 1868, § 3265; Code 1873, § 3341; Code 1882, § 3341; Civil Code 1895, § 4989; Civil Code 1910, § 5567; Code 1933, § 81-215; Ga. L. 1984, p. 966, § 1.