Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 15. COURTS · Chapter 18. PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS · Article 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS

15-18-3. Qualifications.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

To be eligible to fill the office of district attorney, a person must:
(1)
Have been a resident citizen of this state three years just preceding his election or appointment;#
(2)
Permanently reside in the circuit at the time of his election or appointment;#
(3)
Have attained the age of 25 years;#
(4)
Have been duly admitted and licensed to practice law in the superior courts for at least three years; and#
(5)
If previously disbarred from the practice of law, have been reinstated as provided by law.#

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

Laws 1841, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 1122; Laws 1850, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 1036; Code 1863, § 349; Code 1868, § 410; Code 1873, § 375; Ga. L. 1877, p. 13, § 1; Code 1882, § 375; Civil Code 1895, § 4390; Civil Code 1910, § 4924; Code 1933, § 24-2901; Ga. L. 1964, p. 362, § 1.

Cross references

Further provisions as to qualifications for district attorneys, Ga. Const. 1983, Art. VI, Sec. VIII, Para. I.

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