O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 45-3-3 (2019)

Officer authorized to administer oaths; oaths to be written, subscribed, and dated

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

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When not otherwise provided by law and when not directed in the dedimus potestatem, the oaths of office may be taken before any officer authorized by law to administer an oath. Such oaths shall be written and subscribed by the persons taking them and accompanied by the certificate of such officer, which shall specify the day and year taken.

History

(Orig. Code 1863, § 136; Code 1868, § 131; Code 1873, § 141; Code 1882, § 141; Civil Code 1895, § 236; Civil Code 1910, § 271; Code 1933, § 89-304.)

Annotations

JUDICIAL DECISIONS Cited in McDuffie v. Perkerson, 178 Ga. 230, 173 S.E. 151 (1933). OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL Oath of office of clerk of superior court may be administered by judge of

superior court. 1980 Op. Att’y Gen. No. U80-48.

RESEARCH REFERENCES ALR. - Necessity and sufficiency of officer’s jurat or certificate as to oath, 116 ALR 587.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 1 case, 2019–2019 · leading case: Pierson v. The State., 824 S.E.2d 657 (Ga. Ct. App. 2019).

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Pierson v. The State., 824 S.E.2d 657 (Ga. Ct. App. 2019). · cites it 4× “39 (b) The Appellant argues, however, that, even if the sheriff had administered the oath to him at some point prior to the improper conduct at issue, the oath was invalid because it was not "subscribed" by him, as required by OCGA § 45-3-3, which provides that, [w]hen not…”

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