All executions, orders, decrees, attachments for contempt, and final process issued by the clerks of the courts in favor of or against any sheriff shall be directed to the coroner of the county in which the sheriff resides and to all and singular the sheriffs of the state, except the sheriff of the county in which the interested sheriff resides, and may be levied, served, and returned by the coroner, other sheriff, or constable of the county at the option of the plaintiff or the party seeking the remedy.
History. Laws 1847, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 517; Code 1863, § 3554; Code 1868, § 3577; Code 1873, § 3633; Code 1882, § 3633; Civil Code 1895, § 5414; Civil Code 1910, § 6019; Code 1933, § 39-114.
Editor’s notes.
For application of this statute in 2020 and 2021, see Executive Orders 10.30.20.02, 11.13.20.01,11.30.20.02, 12.08.20.01, 12.30.20.02, 01.15.21.01, 01.29.21.02, 02.15.21.01, 02.26.21.02, 03.12.21.01, 03.31.21.03, 04.30.21.01, and 05.28.21.02.
A listing of Executive Orders issued in 2020 and 2021 can be found at https://gov.georgia.gov/executive-action/executive-orders.
Structure Georgia Code
Chapter 13 - Executions and Judicial Sales
Article 1 - General Provisions
§ 9-13-1. Entry and Signing of Judgment Prerequisite to Execution
§ 9-13-2. Execution Suspended by Appeal
§ 9-13-3. Execution to Follow Judgment
§ 9-13-4. Judge May Frame Executions
§ 9-13-5. Amendment of Execution — to Conform to Judgment or Time of Return
§ 9-13-6. Amendment of Execution — to Conform to Amended Judgment
§ 9-13-7. Amendment of Execution — to Correct Mistake in Issuance; Alias Execution
§ 9-13-8. Issuance of Alias Execution to Replace Lost Original
§ 9-13-9. When Execution Returnable
§ 9-13-10. Issuance of Execution; to Whom Directed; on What Property Levied
§ 9-13-11. Direction, Levy, Service, and Return of Execution When Sheriff a Party
§ 9-13-12. Entry of Levy on Process
§ 9-13-13. Written Notice of Levy on Land
§ 9-13-14. Bonds Taken by Executing Officers Valid; Rights of Plaintiffs Not Affected