O.C.G.A.
O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 48-5-121 (2019)

Oath of office for tax collectors

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Each tax collector before entering on the duties of his office shall take and subscribe to the following oath in addition to the oath required of all civil officers:

“I, , tax collector of the County of , do swear that I will faithfully discharge the duties required of me by law as tax collector, and that I will diligently collect all taxes required by law for me to collect and faithfully pay these over to the persons authorized to receive the same. So help me God.”

History

Orig. Code 1863, § 853; Code 1868, § 932; Code 1873, § 929; Code 1882, § 929; Civil Code 1895, § 944; Civil Code

1910, § 1206; Code 1933, § 92-4702; Code 1933, § 91A-1321, enacted by Ga. L. 1978, p. 309, § 2; Ga. L. 1992, p. 2411, § 3; Ga. L. 1995, p. 10, § 48.

Annotations

RESEARCH REFERENCES C.J.S. 20 C.J.S., Counties, § 159.