{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-15-16-24","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 15-16-24","heading":"Liability for misconduct of jailers.","body":"Sheriffs are liable for the misconduct of their jailers as they are liable for their deputies; and persons injured by a jailer have the same option in bringing an action on the jailer’s bond that they have in bringing an action on the deputy’s bond, provided that the sheriff shall not be liable for such misconduct and no claim or cause of action against the sheriff for such misconduct shall exist unless one of the following conditions exists:\n(1) The sheriff personally benefited financially from the act complained of;\n(2) The sheriff was personally aware of and had actual knowledge of the act complained of and had actual knowledge that the act was illegal, was contrary to law, or was the breach of a duty imposed by law and either acted to cause or failed to prevent the act complained of; or\n(3) The sheriff failed to exercise ordinary care and diligence to prevent the condition or act which proximately caused the injury complained of.","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":"1250ae475de886e3f2d1577fd31976fc5f2b2e1941f512946e535711b6aa6d22","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-15-16-23","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-15-16-25"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}