{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-44-2-42","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 44-2-42","heading":"Performance of clerk’s and sheriff’s duties by deputies; liability.","body":"The duties required of the clerk and the sheriff by this article may be performed through their lawful deputies; but the clerk or the sheriff, as the case may be, shall be responsible for the acts of such deputies.","path":["TITLE 44 Property","CHAPTER 2 Recordation and Registration of Deeds and Other Instruments","Article 2 Land Registration","PART 1 In General"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.44.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":"21ef5a993121f97be3c6fb92f3038afb09ee3571a133f402305e1a147f53c8fc","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-44-2-41","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-44-2-43"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}