Selection of Bailiffs by Sheriff; Appointment of Additional Bailiffs

1. Law
2. Georgia Code
3. Courts
4. Superior Courts
5. General Provisions
6. Selection of Bailiffs by Sheriff; Appointment of Additional Bailiffs

The sheriff shall have the right to select such bailiffs, with the approval of the court, as may be necessary to transact properly the business thereof.Whenever the public interests require it, the judge shall have the power to appoint such additional bailiffs as the judge deems necessary.

(Code 1981, §15-6-35, enacted by Ga. L. 1993, p. 1389, § 1.)

Cross references.

- Oath of bailiff attending grand jury, § 15-12-69.

Oath of bailiffs on duty in the superior courts, § 15-12-140.

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

Cited in Sheffield v. State, 270 Ga. App. 576, 607 S.E.2d 205 (2004).

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