The public grounds and other county property are placed in the keeping of the sheriff of the county, subject to the order of the county governing authority; and it is his or her duty to preserve them from injury or waste and to prevent intrusions upon them.
O.C.G.A. § 36-9-8
Protection of county property by sheriff
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Lee Andrew Jackson v. Glynn County Georgia (2017)
Most recently applied in Lee Andrew Jackson v. Glynn County Georgia (March 2017)
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Current official text: Official Code of Georgia Annotated (LexisNexis). Digitized from the Internet Archive scan of the OCGA. Reproduced from public-domain Georgia statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.