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title: O.C.G.A. § 15-9-80. Location of office.
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# O.C.G.A. § 15-9-80. Location of office.

The judge of the probate court shall keep his office and all things belonging thereto at the county site and at the courthouse unless impracticable from any cause, in which case the office may be kept at some other designated place not more than two miles therefrom, of which public notice must be given.

## History

Ga. L. 1851-52, p. 91, § 7; Code 1863, §§ 305, 4012; Code 1868, §§ 365, 4041; Code 1873, §§ 330, 4112; Code 1882, §§ 330, 4112; Civil Code 1895, §§ 4231, 4252; Civil Code 1910, §§ 4789, 4810; Code 1933, § 24-1714; Ga. L. 1987, p. 400, § 1.