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# O.C.G.A. § 36-10-1. Contracts to be in writing and entered on minutes.

All contracts entered into by the county governing authority with other persons in behalf of the county shall be in writing and entered on its minutes.

## History

Orig. Code 1863, § 465; Code 1868, § 527; Code 1873, § 493; Code 1882, § 493; Civil Code 1895, § 343; Civil Code 1910, § 386; Code 1933, § 23-1701.

## Law Reviews

For article surveying important general legal principles of municipal and county government purchasing and contracting in Georgia, see 16 Mercer L. Rev. 371 (1965).

For article surveying 1979 developments in Georgia contract law, see 31 Mercer L. Rev. 27 (1979).

For article surveying legislative and judicial developments in Georgia local government law for 1978-79, see 31 Mercer L. Rev. 155 (1979).

For article surveying Georgia cases in the area of county contracts from June 1979 through May 1980, see 32 Mercer L. Rev. 283 (1980).

For article, “Local Government Law,” see 53 Mercer L. Rev. 389 (2001).

For survey article on construction law for the period from June 1, 2002 through May 31, 2003, see 55 Mercer L. Rev. 85 (2003).

For annual survey of local government law, see 58 Mercer L. Rev. 267 (2006).

For survey article on local government law, see 59 Mercer L. Rev. 285 (2007).

For survey article on local government law, see 60 Mercer L. Rev. 263 (2008).

For annual survey on local government law, see 65 Mercer L. Rev. 205 (2013).