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title: O.C.G.A. § 44-2-124. Performance of duties upon disqualification, death, or disability of clerk.
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# O.C.G.A. § 44-2-124. Performance of duties upon disqualification, death, or disability of clerk.

If a clerk of the superior court is disqualified by reason of relationship, interest, or any other cause or in case of the death or other disability of the clerk to act in any matter arising under this article, the duties required of the clerk may be performed either by the judge of the probate court of the county or by a special clerk appointed by the judge for that purpose. The entry of the appointment of the special clerk and of the purpose for which he is appointed shall be entered and recorded upon the minutes of the court.

## History

Ga. L. 1917, p. 108, § 69; Code 1933, § 60-414.