O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 15-10-105.1 (2019)

Powers and duties of clerk

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)

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(a) The duties of the clerk shall be as assigned by the chief magistrate.

(b) The authority of the clerk of magistrate court shall include the power: (1) To administer oaths and take affidavits in all cases permitted by law or where such authority is not confined to some other officer; (2) To receive the amounts of all costs due in the court of which he is clerk and to receive other sums whenever required to do so by law or by order of the judge, and not otherwise; and (3) To advertise under the same rules and restrictions as apply to sheriffs.

History

Code 1981, § 15-10-105.1, enacted by Ga. L. 1986, p. 701, § 7.

Annotations

Code Commission notes. - Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1986, ‘‘he is

clerk’’ was substituted for ‘‘they are clerks’’ in paragraph (b)(2). JUDICIAL DECISIONS Cited in Bowen v. Ball, 215 Ga. App. 640, 451 S.E.2d 502 (1994).

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 1 case, 1994–1994 · leading case: Bowen v. Ball, 451 S.E.2d 502 (Ga. Ct. App. 1994).

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Bowen v. Ball, 451 S.E.2d 502 (Ga. Ct. App. 1994). · cites it 2× “OCGA § 15-10-105.1 sets forth the duties of the clerks of magistrate courts.”

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