O.C.G.A.
O.C.G.A. § 15-18-4 (2019)
Effect of attachment of county of residence to different circuit
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A person who has been appointed or elected district attorney of any circuit cannot be deprived of his office by the attachment of the county in which he resides to a different judicial circuit. In such a case, the district attorney shall continue to discharge the duties of his office as though he resided in the circuit.
History
(Orig. Code 1863, § 350; Code 1868, § 411; Code 1873, § 376; Code 1882, § 376; Civil Code 1895, § 4391; Civil Code 1910, § 4925; Code 1933, § 24-2907.)