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O.C.G.A. § 45-12-6 — Executive office; Governor's residence | Georgia Code

O.C.G.A. § 45-12-6 (2018) Copy Cite Official Site Syfertize CourtListener Scholar Amendments

TITLE 45 PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

Section 12. Governor, 45-12-1 through 45-12-207.

ARTICLE 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS

45-12-6. Executive office; Governor's residence.

The executive office of the Governor shall be in the capitol. If from any cause there is no capitol or if it is abandoned, then the executive office shall be at such place at the seat of government as the Governor may direct, and not elsewhere, unless made necessary by invasion, insurrection, pestilence, or rebellion. The Governor shall reside at the state capital during his term of office.

(Orig. Code 1863, §§ 80, 81; Code 1868, §§ 74, 75; Code 1873, § 79; Code 1882, § 79; Civil Code 1895, § 143; Civil Code 1910, § 166; Code 1933, § 40-107.)

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

O.C.G.A. § 45-12-6 does not remove the Governor's nonofficial residence or domicile to the seat of government. Sanders v. Harper, 220 Ga. 649, 141 S.E.2d 156 (1965).

Cited in Avery v. Bower, 170 Ga. 202, 152 S.E. 239 (1930).

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