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title: O.C.G.A. § 45-3-8. Effect of failure to take and file oath generally.
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# O.C.G.A. § 45-3-8. Effect of failure to take and file oath generally.

No officer or deputy required by law to take and file the oaths prescribed in Code Section 45-3-1 shall enter upon the duties of his office without first taking and filing the same in the proper office.

## History

Orig. Code 1863, § 141; Code 1868, § 136; Code 1873, § 146; Code 1882, § 146; Civil Code 1895, § 241; Civil Code 1910, § 276; Code 1933, § 89-309.