Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 48. REVENUE AND TAXATION · Chapter 5. AD VALOREM TAXATION OF PROPERTY · Article 3. COUNTY TAX OFFICIALS AND ADMINISTRATION · Part 2. TAX COLLECTORS

48-5-145. Effect of neglect of duty by tax collector or tax commissioner.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

If any tax collector or tax commissioner fails or refuses to make payment, if he makes a false return, or if he fails or refuses to file the report as required, it shall be the duty of the commissioner or the county governing authority to report such facts to the Governor. The Governor shall cause a notice of the failure, refusal, or making of a false return to be served on the tax collector or tax commissioner for him to show cause why he should not be removed from office. If the tax collector or tax commissioner fails to make a proper excuse within ten days, it shall be the duty of the Governor to remove the offending official.

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Ga. L. 1892, p. 89, § 1; Civil Code 1895, § 957; Civil Code 1910, § 1224; Ga. L. 1925, p. 79, § 5; Code 1933, § 92-4916; Code 1933, § 91A-1344, enacted by Ga. L. 1978, p. 309, § 2.

Cross references

Liability of officer charged with collection of taxes for failure to note in title register delinquency in payment of taxes or assessments charged upon registered land, § 44-2-176.

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