O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 53-6-36 (2019)

Qualifications and compensation

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

Code text and O.C.G.A. statutory annotations on this page reflect the 2019 Official Code of Georgia Annotated (Public.Resource.Org Release 73, 2019-08-21; public domain per Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, 2020). The Syfert case-law annotations in Notes of Decisions, below, are current.

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(a)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, the county administrator shall have attained the age of 21 years and shall have been for at least one year a domiciliary of the county of appointment.

(2) If the individual to be appointed as county administrator is an active member in good standing of the State Bar of Georgia, such individual need not be a domiciliary of the county but only a domiciliary of this state.

(b) If the county governing authority consents, county administrators and ex officio county guardians may be paid an annual fee for so serving. The amount of any such fee shall be established by agreement of the county governing authority, the probate court, and the individual so serving. Any such fee shall be in addition to commissions authorized under other provisions of law.

History

Code 1981, § 53-6-36, enacted by Ga. L. 1996, p. 504, § 10.

Annotations

COMMENT This section carries forward the substance of former OCGA Sec. 53-6-91. The provision of former OCGA Sec. 53-6-91(b), relating to the eligibility of the clerk of the superior court to serve as county administrator, is repealed as unnecessary in light of the provisions of Code Sec. 53-6-39.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 1 case, 2006–2006 · leading case: Banks v. City of Hampton, 634 S.E.2d 192 (Ga. Ct. App. 2006).

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Banks v. City of Hampton, 634 S.E.2d 192 (Ga. Ct. App. 2006). · cites it 4× “Thus, the record reflects that the estate’s administrator was a resident of Clayton County in accordance with the requirement of OCGA § 53-6-36 (a) (1). The Clayton County Superior Court denied Banks' request for a certificate of immediate review.”

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