Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 15. COURTS · Chapter 10. MAGISTRATE COURTS · Article 6. CONSTABLES, CLERK, AND OTHER COURT PERSONNEL

15-10-105.1. Powers and duties of clerk.

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(a)
The duties of the clerk shall be as assigned by the chief magistrate.#
(b)
The authority of the clerk of magistrate court shall include the power:#
1. (1)
  To administer oaths and take affidavits in all cases permitted by law or where such authority is not confined to some other officer;#
2. (2)
  To receive the amounts of all costs due in the court of which he is clerk and to receive other sums whenever required to do so by law or by order of the judge, and not otherwise; and#
3. (3)
  To advertise under the same rules and restrictions as apply to sheriffs.#

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Code 1981, § 15-10-105.1, enacted by Ga. L. 1986, p. 701, § 7.

Code Commission notes

Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1986, ‘‘he is clerk’’ was substituted for ‘‘they are clerks’’ in paragraph (b)(2).

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