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Título 15. COURTS · Capítulo 10. MAGISTRATE COURTS · Artículo 6. CONSTABLES, CLERK, AND OTHER COURT PERSONNEL

15-10-101. Eligibility of constables.

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Actualizado hasta: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

El texto siguiente es la ley tal como la imprime el estado, en inglés.

  1. (a)

    Each constable taking office on or after July 1, 2023, shall:#

    1. (1)

      Be at least 21 years of age;#

    2. (2)

      Be a citizen of the United States;#

    3. (3)

      Be a registered voter; and#

    4. (4)

      Have obtained a state approved high school equivalency (HSE) diploma.#

  2. (b)

    Additional qualifications for the office of chief constable or constable or both may be imposed by local law.#

Las notas siguientes se imprimen con la sección, pero no son ley promulgada (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). Se muestran aparte del texto.

History

Code 1981, § 15-10-101, enacted by Ga. L. 1983, p. 884, § 2-1; Ga. L. 1986, p. 198, § 1; Ga. L. 2024, p. 668, § 1/HB 166, effective July 1, 2024; Ga. L. 2025, p. 1029, § 15(2)/SB 153, effective July 1, 2025.

Amendments

The 2024 amendment, effective July 1, 2024, substituted the present provisions of this Code section for the former provisions, which read: “(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this Code section, the eligibility for constable is the same as for magistrate. “(b) Each constable shall have attained the age of at least 21 years prior to the date of his assuming the duties of constable.” The 2025 amendment, effective July 1, 2025, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, substituted “approved high school equivalency (HSE)” for “accredited high school diploma or general educational development (GED)” in paragraph (a)(4).

Leer la página oficial (el PDF del estado, abierto en la página de la que se leyó este texto).

Actualizado hasta: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

Texto leído de t15-ch1-11a-(v13)-pdf.pdf, Volumen V13, edición 2020, suplemento de 2025, páginas 117 a 118; acción de fusión: replaced; SHA-256 del archivo d86fd6e4449f.