{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-15-16-23","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 15-16-23","heading":"Appointment of deputy sheriffs; bond.","body":"Sheriffs are authorized in their discretion to appoint one or more deputies. Each deputy shall be required to execute a bond with a surety in the amount of $5,000.00 payable to the sheriff and conditioned upon the faithful accounting for all public and other funds or property coming into the deputy’s custody, control, care, or possession.","path":["TITLE 15 Courts","CHAPTER 16 Sheriffs","Article 1 General Provisions"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.15.odt","current_through":"Release 86 (2022-11)","vintage":"Public.Resource.Org bulk O.C.G.A., Release 86 (2022-11), retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T19:34:57Z","sha256":"84cef20a4f4ae1eb5ce9b267bfabdfcac6b2e13c320180d418703aa8429a6568","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-15-16-22","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-15-16-24"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}