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title: O.C.G.A. § 15-9-33. Authority to administer oaths.
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# O.C.G.A. § 15-9-33. Authority to administer oaths.

(a) The several judges of the probate courts are authorized to administer oaths in all cases where the authority is not specially delegated to some other officer and to receive the same fees therefor as are allowed magistrates.

(b) The judge of the probate court in any county of this state having a population of 550,000 or more according to the United States decennial census of 1970 or any future such census shall have the power and authority to administer the oath of office to any officer or official of such county or any municipality located within such county and to each judicial officer of the state whose jurisdiction extends to such county.

## History

Ga. L. 1865-66, p. 41, § 1; Code 1868, § 373; Code 1873, § 340; Code 1882, § 340; Civil Code 1895, § 4241; Civil Code 1910, § 4799; Code 1933, § 24-1904; Ga. L. 1972, p. 3332, § 1; Ga. L. 1981, p. 3286, § 1; Ga. L. 1982, p. 2107, § 10; Ga. L. 1983, p. 884, § 4-1.