---
title: O.C.G.A. § 15-18-3. Qualifications.
collection: code
id: 15-18-3
cite_as: O.C.G.A. § 15-18-3 (2025)
canonical_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-18-3
md_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-18-3.md
text_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-18-3/text
source_url: https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/document/docs/default-source/joint-features-document-library/t15-ch12-24-(v13a)-2015-pdf.pdf?sfvrsn=cbb30143_0#page=299
date: 2025
status: active
corpus_version: 2025-supplement-89aa39ab3c68
license: CC0-1.0
publisher: Georgia Commons, an independent project of Georgia Civic Data. Not the State of Georgia. Not legal advice.
up: https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-18.md
previous: https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-18-2.md
next: https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-18-4.md
index: https://georgiacommons.org/code/index.md
version: the only printed version
in_force: true
current_through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly
heading_path: COURTS / PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS / GENERAL PROVISIONS
---

# O.C.G.A. § 15-18-3. Qualifications.

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.

## 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.