Title 36, Chapter 5, Section 26
( 36-5-26)
A county governing authority shall have the power to authorize any of the officers, agents, and employees of the county to serve, in any manner prescribed by applicable law, any process, summons, notice, or order on all persons, as defined in Code Section 1-3-3 therein named, when: (1) The paper to be served arises out of or relates to an activity
or condition conducted or maintained by such person within the
territorial jurisdiction of the county in violation of an
applicable law or ordinance covering the following: public
housing, building, electrical, plumbing, heating, ventilating,
air-conditioning, air and water pollution control, solid waste
management, and other technical or environmental codes; county
business, occupation, and professional license tax ordinances;
county privilege license or permit ordinances; or ordinances
providing for the protection of facilities for the treatment or
wholesale or retail distribution of water from tampering or theft
which may arise either from a single isolated act or omission or
from an activity or condition; (2) The paper to be served originates in or is issued under the
authority of the department or branch of county government
employing such officer, agent, or employee; and (3) Each and every day the condition is maintained or the activity
is conducted is made a separate county offense by applicable law
or ordinance. Where any such paper names one or more persons who reside outside
the territorial jurisdiction of the county, 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. |