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title: O.C.G.A. § 48-5-128. Transfer of duties from outgoing to incoming tax collector or tax commissioner.
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# O.C.G.A. § 48-5-128. Transfer of duties from outgoing to incoming tax collector or tax commissioner.

When the tax collector or tax commissioner of any county is succeeded by another, the outgoing tax collector or tax commissioner shall no longer be authorized to collect taxes or enforce executions issued for the collection of taxes. All uncompleted duties in respect to the collection of taxes and enforcement of executions shall pass to the successor tax collector or tax commissioner as provided by Code Section 48-5-164.

## History

Ga. L. 1872, p. 80, § 8; Ga. L. 1873, § 1320; Code 1882, § 1320; Civil Code 1895, § 98; Ga. L. 1898, p. 41, § 1; Civil Code 1910, § 112; Ga. L. 1933, p. 78, § 10; Code 1933, § 92-4703; Code 1933, § 91A1322, enacted by Ga. L. 1978, p. 309, § 2.