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CODE OF GEORGIA
Title 44 - PROPERTYChapter 2 - RECORDATION AND REGISTRATION OF DEEDS AND OTHER INSTRUMENTSArticle 2 - LAND REGISTRATION
Part 1 - IN GENERAL
Section 44-2-45 - Fraud or false entries by sheriffs and deputies; penalties

Ga. Code § 44-2-45

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Current through 2023-2024 Legislative Session Chapter 709
Section 44-2-45 - Fraud or false entries by sheriffs and deputies; penalties

Any sheriff, deputy sheriff, or other person performing the duties of the office of sheriff who knowingly and fraudulently makes any false entry or return in connection with any matter arising under this article or who fraudulently conspires with any person or persons to defraud any other person or persons through this article shall be guilty of a felony and shall be removed from office and be permanently disqualified from holding any public office in this state and shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than one nor more than ten years.

OCGA § 44-2-45