When taken by the judges of the probate courts and the clerks of the superior courts, official oaths shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the superior court and also entered on the minutes of the court. When taken by sheriffs, the oaths shall be filed in the office of the judge of the probate court and shall be entered on the minutes of the superior courts; and when taken by coroners, tax collectors, tax receivers, county treasurers, magistrates, constables, or any other county officers, they shall be filed in the office of the judge of the probate court, who shall enter them on the minutes of his court.
History. Orig. Code 1863, § 138; Code 1868, § 133; Code 1873, § 143; Code 1882, § 143; Civil Code 1895, § 238; Civil Code 1910, § 273; Code 1933, § 89-306; Ga. L. 1983, p. 884, § 4-1.
Structure Georgia Code
Title 45 - Public Officers and Employees
Chapter 3 - Official Oaths and Commissions
§ 45-3-1. Oaths Required in Addition to Oath of Office and Constitutional Oath
§ 45-3-2. Form and Subscription of Oath
§ 45-3-3. Officer Authorized to Administer Oaths; Oaths to Be Written, Subscribed, and Dated
§ 45-3-4. Filing of Oaths — Generally
§ 45-3-5. Filing of Oaths — County Officers
§ 45-3-6. Filing of Oaths — Endorsement of Filing Time
§ 45-3-8. Effect of Failure to Take and File Oath Generally
§ 45-3-9. Entry Into Duties of Office Without Oath
§ 45-3-10. Effect of Failure to Take and File Oath Upon Validity of Official Acts
§ 45-3-10.1. Applicability of Code Sections 45-3-1 Through 45-3-10
§ 45-3-11. Loyalty Oath — Persons Required to Take Oath Generally
§ 45-3-12. Loyalty Oath — Elected Officers
§ 45-3-13. Loyalty Oath — Form
§ 45-3-14. Effect of Failure to Sign Loyalty Oath
§ 45-3-15. Proceeding for False Swearing When Loyalty Oath Violated