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title: Title 45, Chapter 3. Official Oaths and Commissions
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date: 2025
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heading: OFFICIAL OATHS AND COMMISSIONS
title_heading: PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES
section_count: 19
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# Title 45, Chapter 3. Official Oaths and Commissions

Title 45. Public Officers and Employees

19 sections. Each line is `citation, catchline, status, URL`; the text of every section, in order, is at https://georgiacommons.org/code/45-3.md?full=1 (capped, with a pointer to continue).

- 45-3-1, Oaths required in addition to oath of office and constitutional oath, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/45-3-1.md
- 45-3-2, Form and subscription of oath, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/45-3-2.md
- 45-3-3, Officer authorized to administer oaths; oaths to be written, subscribed, and dated, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/45-3-3.md
- 45-3-4, Filing of oaths — Generally, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/45-3-4.md
- 45-3-5, Filing of oaths — County officers, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/45-3-5.md
- 45-3-6, Filing of oaths — Endorsement of filing time, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/45-3-6.md
- 45-3-7, Oaths of sheriffs, deputies, and peace officers, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/45-3-7.md
- 45-3-8, Effect of failure to take and file oath generally, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/45-3-8.md
- 45-3-9, Entry into duties of office without oath, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/45-3-9.md
- 45-3-10, Effect of failure to take and file oath upon validity of official acts, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/45-3-10.md
- 45-3-10.1, Applicability of Code Sections 45-3-1 through 45-3-10, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/45-3-10.1.md
- 45-3-11, Loyalty oath — Persons required to take oath generally, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/45-3-11.md
- 45-3-12, Loyalty oath — Elected officers, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/45-3-12.md
- 45-3-13, Loyalty oath — Form, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/45-3-13.md
- 45-3-14, Effect of failure to sign loyalty oath, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/45-3-14.md
- 45-3-15, Proceeding for false swearing when loyalty oath violated, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/45-3-15.md
- 45-3-16, Applicability of article, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/45-3-16.md
- 45-3-30, Officers commissioned under great seal of state, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/45-3-30.md
- 45-3-31, Officers commissioned under executive seal, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/45-3-31.md