Georgia Code
Chapter 34 - Powers of Municipal Corporations Generally
§ 36-34-2. Powers Relating to Administration of Government Generally

In addition to the other powers which it may have, the governing body of any municipal corporation shall have the following powers, under this chapter, relating to the administration of municipal government:
Where any such paper names one or more persons who reside outside the territorial jurisdiction of the municipal corporation, the several sheriffs, marshals, and constables of the several counties of this state are authorized and directed to serve any such paper and make appropriate return of such service by them, as other process is served and returned, on such named persons residing in their respective jurisdictions, upon receipt of a written request to make such service, for the fees allowed for service of process issued by the superior courts of this state;
History. Ga. L. 1962, p. 140, § 2; Ga. L. 1973, p. 778, § 2; Ga. L. 1976, p. 188, § 1; Ga. L. 1979, p. 645, § 1; Ga. L. 1987, p. 3, § 36; Ga. L. 1989, p. 812, § 1; Ga. L. 1992, p. 2122, § 2; Ga. L. 1993, p. 91, § 36; Ga. L. 1995, p. 1189, § 1; Ga. L. 2007, p. 164, § 1/HB 107; Ga. L. 2012, p. 847, § 2/HB 1115.
Cross references.
Home rule powers of municipalities, Ga. Const. 1983, Art. IX, Sec. II, Paras. I-VII.
Extent of interest obtainable by condemnor upon condemnation, § 22-2-85 .
Taxation of special franchises, § 48-5-420 et seq.
Code Commission notes.
Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1993, “compensation” was substituted for “compensations” in paragraph (2).
Law reviews.
For article, “The Use of the Police Power by Local Governments and Some Problems of Intergovernmental Relations,” see 8 J. of Pub. L. 109 (1959).
For article, “Local Government and Contracts that Bind,” see 3 Ga. L. Rev. 546 (1969).