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title: O.C.G.A. § 15-16-2. Certain sureties ineligible.
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# O.C.G.A. § 15-16-2. Certain sureties ineligible.

A surety for any tax collector or other holder of public money is ineligible for the office of sheriff until all moneys for which he is bound have been paid to the proper authority.

## History

Laws 1814, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 1060; Code 1863, § 321; Code 1868, § 382; Code 1873, § 346; Code 1882, § 346; Civil Code 1895, § 4369; Civil Code 1910, § 4903; Code 1933, § 24-2802.