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.
OCGA § 9-13-11