Georgia CommonsTitle 45. PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES · Chapter 3. OFFICIAL OATHS AND COMMISSIONS · Article 1. OFFICIAL OATHS
45-3-1. Oaths required in addition to oath of office and constitutional oath.
Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.
Every public officer shall:
- (1)
Take the oath of office;#
- (2)
Take any oath prescribed by the Constitution of Georgia;#
- (3)
Swear that he or she is not the holder of any unaccounted for public money due this state or any political subdivision or authority thereof;#
- (4)
Swear that he or she is not the holder of any office of trust under the government of the United States, any other state, or any foreign state which he or she is by the laws of the State of Georgia prohibited from holding;#
- (5)
Swear that he or she is otherwise qualified to hold said office according to the Constitution and laws of Georgia;#
- (6)
Swear that he or she will support the Constitution of the United States and of this state; and#
- (7)
If elected by any circuit or district, swear that he or she has been a resident thereof for the time required by the Constitution and laws of this state.#
History
Orig. Code 1863, § 134; Code 1868, § 129; Code 1873, § 139; Code 1882, § 139; Civil Code 1895, § 234; Civil Code 1910, § 269; Code 1933, § 89-302; Ga. L. 1986, p. 168, § 1; Ga. L. 1998, p. 510, § 1.
Cross references
Disqualification from public office of holders of unaccounted-for public money due state, Ga. Const. 1983, Art. II, Sec. II, Para. III and § 45-2-1. Criminal penalty for violation of oath by public officer, § 16-10-1.
Law reviews
For article, ‘‘The Georgia Bill of Rights: Dead or Alive?,’’ see 34 Emory L.J. 341 (1985).
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