Georgia Code
Article 1 - Liability for Official Acts
§ 15-13-1. Officers of Court Liability

All sheriffs, deputy sheriffs, coroners, jailers, constables, and other officers of court shall be liable to all actions and disabilities which they incur in respect of any matter or thing relating to or concerning their respective offices.
History. Laws 1792, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 576; Code 1863, § 3852; Code 1868, § 3872; Code 1873, § 3948; Code 1882, § 3948; Civil Code 1895, § 4769; Civil Code 1910, § 5341; Code 1933, § 24-201.
Cross references.
Status of court-appointed receivers as officers of court, § 9-8-8 .