{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-36-1-3","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 36-1-3","heading":"County a body corporate; power to sue and be sued generally.","body":"Every county is a body corporate, with power to sue or be sued in any court.","path":["TITLE 36 Local Government","Provisions Applicable to Counties Only","CHAPTER 1 General Provisions"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.36.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":"e80241880e4ec2d999cbec72eaa8f3a4601ba592d9429f8af0be9722e730866e","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-36-1-2","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-36-1-4"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}