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title: O.C.G.A. § 15-16-4.1. Actions in violation of oath.
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# O.C.G.A. § 15-16-4.1. Actions in violation of oath.

Without limiting the generality of the oath set out in Code Section 15-16-4, it shall be a violation of a sheriff’s oath of office for any sheriff to engage either directly or indirectly in a private security, private investigation, bail bonding, or wrecker towing business in the county in which the sheriff has jurisdiction. As used in this Code section, ‘‘engaging indirectly’’ in such a business shall include the engagement in a prohibited business by the spouse or an unemancipated child of a sheriff.

## History

Code 1981, § 15-16-4.1, enacted by Ga. L. 2003, p. 320, § 1.