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title: O.C.G.A. § 48-5-126. Temporary appointee where tax collector or tax commissioner fails to give satisfactory bond.
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# O.C.G.A. § 48-5-126. Temporary appointee where tax collector or tax commissioner fails to give satisfactory bond.

(a) No tax collector or tax commissioner shall collect any county taxes until the bond required by Code Section 48-5-122 is given. If a tax collector or tax commissioner fails to give a bond or fails to give a bond satisfactory to the governing authority of the county, the governing authority may appoint some competent person to collect the county taxes.

(b) When an appointment is made as provided in subsection (a) of this Code section, the person appointed shall give the same bond as is required of a tax collector or tax commissioner. The appointee shall take an oath faithfully to collect and pay over the county taxes and in all respects shall have the same privileges, discharge the same duties, and incur the same penalties as the tax collector or tax commissioner would in collecting the county taxes.

## History

Laws 1823, Cobb’s Digest, p. 1065; Code 1863, §§ 856, 857; Code 1868, §§ 935, 936; Code 1873, §§ 932, 933; Code 1882, §§ 932, 933; Civil Code 1895, §§ 947, 948; Civil Code 1910, §§ 1209, 1210; Code 1933, §§ 92-4803, 92-4804; Code 1933, § 91A-1325, enacted by Ga. L. 1978, p. 309, § 2.

## Cross References

Official bonds, T. 45, C. 4.