Georgia Code
Article 1 - Liability for Official Acts
§ 15-13-4. Rule Nisi; Service

The judges of the superior courts, judges of the probate courts, and magistrates, respectively, upon application, may grant rules nisi against all officers subject thereto, which rules nisi shall contain a full statement of the case in which the officer is called upon to show cause and also of the time and place of hearing. The officer called on by the rule nisi shall be served with a copy thereof within a reasonable time before the hearing.
History. Laws 1841, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 580; Code 1863, § 3857; Code 1868, § 3877; Code 1873, § 3953; Code 1882, § 3953; Civil Code 1895, § 4774; Civil Code 1910, § 5346; Code 1933, § 24-209; Ga. L. 1983, p. 884, § 4-1.