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GA Code § 45-4-13 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 45 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 4 - Official Bonds|§ 45-4-13. Approval, Filing, and Recording of Bonds of Court Clerks, Magistrates, Sheriffs, Coroners, Surveyors, Treasurers, and Tax Collectors

 The official bonds given for county taxes by the clerks of the superior courts, chief magistrates, magistrates, sheriffs, coroners, county surveyors, county treasurers, county tax collectors, and county tax receivers shall be approved by the judge of the probate court, filed in his office, and recorded by him. The bonds of tax collectors and tax receivers for state taxes, after being likewise approved, shall be recorded by the judge of the probate court; and the original bond shall be transmitted by him to the Governor for deposit in the comptroller general's office.   (Orig. Code 1863, § 155; Code 1868, § 150; Code 1873, § 161; Code 1882, § 161; Civil Code 1895, § 257; Civil Code 1910, § 292; Code 1933, § 89-405; Ga. L. 1989, p. 247, § 1; Ga. L. 2013, p. 141, § 45/HB 79.)
GA Code § 45-4-14 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 45 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 4 - Official Bonds|§ 45-4-14. Time for Filing Bonds

 The official bonds of public officers, required by law to be filed in the office of the comptroller general, Secretary of State or with the office of the Governor, shall be filed within 40 days after the election or appointment of such officers. All county officers shall have until the first day of January following the election to file their bonds as required by law.   (Orig. Code 1863, § 148; Ga. L. 1863-64, p. 124, § 1; Code 1868, § 143; Code 1873, § 154; Ga. L. 1875, p. 16, § 1; Code 1882, § 154; Civil Code 1895, § 250; Ga. L. 1898, p. 105, § 1; Civil Code 1910, § 285; Code 1933, § 89-408; Ga. L. 1990, p. 8, § 45; Ga. L. 2013, p. 141, § 45/HB 79.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 63C Am. Jur. 2d, Public Officers and Employees, § 130.   C.J.S.   - 67 C.J.S., Officers and Public Employees, § 483.   ALR.    - Constitutional, statutory, or charter provision as to time of taking oath of office and giving official bond as mandatory or directory, 158 A.L.R. 639.
GA Code § 45-4-15 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 45 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 4 - Official Bonds|§ 45-4-15. Filing Time to Be Endorsed on Bonds

 Every officer in whose office the official bond of any public officer is filed shall endorse on such bond the day and year when the same was filed and shall sign his name to such endorsement.   (Orig. Code 1863, § 151; Code 1868, § 146; Code 1873, § 157; Code 1882, § 157; Civil Code 1895, § 253; Civil Code 1910, § 288; Code 1933, § 89-411.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 63C Am. Jur. 2d, Public Officers and Employees, § 135.   C.J.S.   - 67 C.J.S., Officers and Public Employees, § 483.
GA Code § 45-4-16 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 45 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 4 - Official Bonds|§ 45-4-16. Manner in Which Power of Attorney to Be Attested and Filed Where Bond Signed by Attorney in Fact

 When an official bond is signed by an attorney in fact, the power of attorney shall be attested by the judge of the probate court and filed and recorded in the same manner as the bond.   (Orig. Code 1863, § 147; Code 1868, § 142; Code 1873, § 153; Code 1882, § 153; Civil Code 1895, § 249; Civil Code 1910, § 284; Code 1933, § 89-417.)
GA Code § 45-4-17 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 45 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 4 - Official Bonds|§ 45-4-17. Probate Court Judge to Certify to Governor Taking of Oaths and Giving of Bonds

 The judge of the probate court must sign a certificate to the Governor stating that the clerks of the superior courts, chief magistrates, magistrates, sheriffs, coroners, county surveyors, county treasurers, county tax collectors, and county tax receivers have taken the oaths and given the bonds sent from the office of the Governor, together with a statement of the dates, amounts, and names of the sureties of each and that the judges of the probate court have delivered to such officers their commissions. The certificate and statement shall be attested by the clerk of said court, if any, and immediately transmitted to the Governor.   (Orig. Code 1863, § 156; Code 1868, § 151; Code 1873, § 162; Code 1882, § 162; Civil Code 1895, § 258; Civil Code 1910, § 293; Code 1933, § 89-406; Ga. L. 1989, p. 247, § 2.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 63C Am. Jur. 2d, Public Officers and Employees, § 130.   C.J.S.   - 67 C.J.S., Officers and Public Employees, § 74.
GA Code § 45-4-18 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 45 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 4 - Official Bonds|§ 45-4-18. Certification of Failure of Officer to Make and File Bond

 When any officer of whom bond is required shall fail to make and file the same, as prescribed in Code Section 45-4-14, the court or officer in whose office the bond is required to be filed shall at once certify such failure to the appointing power and to the power whose duty it may be to order an election.   (Orig. Code 1863, § 149; Code 1868, § 144; Code 1873, § 155; Code 1882, § 155; Civil Code 1895, § 251; Civil Code 1910, § 286; Code 1933, § 89-409.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 63C Am. Jur. 2d, Public Officers and Employees, § 130.   C.J.S.   - 67 C.J.S., Officers and Public Employees, §§ 73, 74.
GA Code § 45-4-19 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 45 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 4 - Official Bonds|§ 45-4-19. Notice to Attorney General of Failure of Officer to File Bond

 If any public officer required by law to give bond shall fail to file the same in the proper office within the time prescribed, notice of such failure shall be given to the Attorney General or to the appropriate prosecuting attorney by the officer in whose office such bond is required to be filed, by or during the first two days of the session of the superior court held in the county in which the officer so failing resides, next after such failure.   (Orig. Code 1863, § 152; Code 1868, § 147; Code 1873, § 158; Code 1882, § 158; Civil Code 1895, § 254; Civil Code 1910, § 289; Code 1933, § 89-412.)
GA Code § 45-4-20 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 45 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 4 - Official Bonds|§ 45-4-20. Nonconforming Bond to Stand in Place of Official Bond Though Not Approved and Filed

 Whenever any officer required by law to give an official bond shall act under a bond which is not payable and conditioned or not approved and filed as prescribed by law, such bond shall not be void but shall stand in the place of the official bond, subject, on its condition being broken, to all the remedies, including actions, which the persons aggrieved might have maintained on the official bond.   (Orig. Code 1863, § 161; Code 1868, § 156; Code 1873, § 167; Code 1882, § 167; Civil Code 1895, § 263; Civil Code 1910, § 298; Code 1933, § 89-419.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 63C Am. Jur. 2d, Public Officers and Employees, §§ 133, 134.   C.J.S.   - 67 C.J.S., Officers and Public Employees, § 473 et seq.   ALR.    - Liability of sureties on bond of public officer as affected by fact that it was not signed by him, 110 A.L.R. 959.
GA Code § 45-4-21 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 45 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 4 - Official Bonds|§ 45-4-21. Effect of Failure of Officer to Mark Bond or Give Required Notice

 If any officer whose duty it is to mark a bond filed and to give the several notices required in this chapter shall fail to do so without good and sufficient excuse, he shall be fined as for a contempt of court, in the discretion of the court, upon information being filed and a citation being served to appear before the superior court of the county of his residence.   (Orig. Code 1863, § 153; Code 1868, § 148; Code 1873, § 159; Code 1882, § 159; Civil Code 1895, § 255; Civil Code 1910, § 290; Code 1933, § 89-413.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   ALR.    - Conduct contemplated by statute which makes neglect of duty by public officer or employee a punishable offense, 134 A.L.R. 1250.
GA Code § 45-4-22 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 45 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 4 - Official Bonds|§ 45-4-22. Effect of Official Act Before Bond Approved and Filed

  No public officer required by law to give bond shall perform any official act before his bond is approved and filed as required.   Any such public officer who shall perform any official act before his bond is approved and filed shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.    (Orig. Code 1863, § 150; Code 1868, § 145; Code 1873, § 156; Code 1882, § 156; Ga. L. 1895, p. 63, § 2; Civil Code 1895, § 252; Penal Code 1895, § 272; Civil Code 1910, § 287; Penal Code 1910, § 275; Code 1933, §§ 89-410, 89-9902.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 63C Am. Jur. 2d, Public Officers and Employees, § 130.   C.J.S.   - 67 C.J.S., Officers and Public Employees, §§ 73, 473.
GA Code § 45-4-23 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 45 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 4 - Official Bonds|§ 45-4-23. Places for Keeping Bonds

 All bonds taken from public officers shall be kept in the places specified by law and copies thereof shall be furnished to any person desiring them.   (Orig. Code 1863, § 14; Code 1868, § 12; Code 1873, § 12; Code 1882, § 12; Civil Code 1895, § 12; Civil Code 1910, § 12; Code 1933, § 89-407.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 63C Am. Jur. 2d, Public Officers and Employees, § 130.   C.J.S.   - 67 C.J.S., Officers and Public Employees, § 473.
GA Code § 45-4-26 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 45 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 4 - Official Bonds|§ 45-4-26. Action on Deputy's Bond

 Any person who claims damages of any principal officer for the act of his deputy may, at his option, bring an action on the deputy's bond instead of on that of the principal, in the same manner as an action may be brought on the principal's bond.   (Orig. Code 1863, § 158; Code 1868, § 153; Code 1873, § 164; Code 1882, § 164; Civil Code 1895, § 260; Civil Code 1910, § 295; Code 1933, § 89-427.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   ALR.    - Liability of public officer or his bond for the defaults and misfeasances of his clerks, assistants, or deputies, 1 A.L.R. 222; 102 A.L.R. 174; 116 A.L.R. 1064; 71 A.L.R.2d 1140.    Suit against public officer to recover possession of property as suit against state or federal government, 160 A.L.R. 332.   What period of limitation governs in an action against a public officer and the surety on his official bond, 18 A.L.R.2d 1176.
GA Code § 45-4-27 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 45 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 4 - Official Bonds|§ 45-4-27. Effect of Recovery on Bond Upon Subsequent Proceedings

 Official bonds of public officers shall not be discharged by a single recovery, but proceedings against the officer or his sureties or both may be had from time to time until the whole penalty is exhausted; and said bonds are joint and several whether or not so set forth.   (Laws 1847, Cobb's 1851 Digest, p. 502; Code 1863, § 159; Code 1868, § 154; Code 1873, § 165; Code 1882, § 165; Civil Code 1895, § 261; Civil Code 1910, § 296; Code 1933, § 89-422.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 63C Am. Jur. 2d, Public Officers and Employees, § 368.   C.J.S.   - 67 C.J.S., Officers and Public Employees, § 493.
GA Code § 45-4-28 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 45 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 4 - Official Bonds|§ 45-4-28. Officer's Liability When Bond Exhausted or Invalid and When Acting Without Bond

 When the penalty of the bond is exhausted, the officer himself shall still be liable for the same measure of damages as upon his bond; and he shall likewise be liable for any damage he may do in undertaking to discharge the duties of an office without having given the necessary bond or having given one that is invalid in whole or in part.   (Orig. Code 1863, § 160; Code 1868, § 155; Code 1873, § 166; Code 1882, § 166; Civil Code 1895, § 262; Civil Code 1910, § 297; Code 1933, § 89-423.)   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL   Personal liability beyond amount of bond.   - A sheriff would be personally liable in the event of a judgment entered against the sheriff in excess of the amount of the official bond. 1975 Op. Att'y Gen. No. U75-61.   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 63C Am. Jur. 2d, Public Officers and Employees, §§ 356, 363, 364, 492 et seq.   C.J.S.   - 67 C.J.S., Officers and Public Employees, § 476 et seq.   ALR.    - Personal liability of public officer or sureties on his bond to property owner for failure to present, or delay in presenting, checks given in payment of taxes, 105 A.L.R. 711.    Suit against public officer to recover possession of property as suit against state or federal government, 160 A.L.R. 332.   Personal liability of public officer for killing or injuring animal while carrying out statutory duties with respect to it, 2 A.L.R.3d 822.
GA Code § 45-4-30 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 45 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 4 - Official Bonds|§ 45-4-30. Applicability of Chapter

 This chapter shall apply to the official bonds of all public officers of this state, including those whose offices may be established hereafter, unless the contrary is expressly provided.   (Orig. Code 1863, § 163; Code 1868, § 158; Code 1873, § 169; Code 1882, § 169; Civil Code 1895, § 265; Civil Code 1910, § 300; Code 1933, § 89-401.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   20C Am. Jur. Pleading and Practice Forms, Public Officers and Employees, § 72.
GA Code § 45-5-2 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 45 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 5 - Vacation of Office|§ 45-5-2. Office to Be Vacated Immediately Upon Final Conviction of Felony; Filling of Vacancy

 Upon final conviction of a felony, the office of any state officer shall be vacated immediately without further action. Said vacancy shall be filled in the manner provided by law for filling vacancies in such office caused by death or resignation.   (Code 1933, § 89-505, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, p. 689, § 1.)   Cross references.   - Crimes and other actions giving rise to ineligibility of person for party nomination for or election to public office, § 21-2-8.   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 63C Am. Jur. 2d, Public Officers and Employees, § 184 et seq.   C.J.S.   - 67 C.J.S., Officers and Public Employees, § 204.   ALR.    - Unfitness as affecting right to restoration by mandamus to office from which one has been illegally removed, 36 A.L.R. 508.    Power to remove public officer without notice and hearing, 99 A.L.R. 336.    Reversal of conviction of crime as affecting status of one removed from office, or whose license has been revoked because of the conviction, or facts involved in the prosecution, 106 A.L.R. 644.   Conviction of offense under federal law or law of another state or country as vacating accused's holding of state or local office or as ground of removal, 20 A.L.R.2d 732.   Removal of public officers for misconduct during previous term, 42 A.L.R.3d 691.
GA Code § 45-5-3.1 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 45 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 5 - Vacation of Office|§ 45-5-3.1. Authority to Fill Vacancy Absent Quorum; Appointment by Governor to Fill Vacancy

  When any local or general law authorizes or requires the remaining members of the governing body of a political subdivision of this state to appoint a person to fill a vacancy occurring in that body, the absence of a quorum caused by any such vacancy or vacancies shall not impair the authority of a majority of the remaining members of such body to make that appointment.   When any local or general law provides for the appointment, other than appointment by the Governor, of a person to fill a vacancy in an elective public office and such vacancy is not filled within 45 days after the vacancy occurs, the Governor shall appoint a person to fill such vacancy.A person appointed by the Governor to fill a vacancy pursuant to this subsection shall serve until such time as that person would serve had the person been appointed as provided in that local or general law.     (Code 1981, §45-5-3.1, enacted by Ga. L. 1992, p. 1006, § 1.)
GA Code § 45-5-3.2 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 45 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 5 - Vacation of Office|§ 45-5-3.2. Filling of Vacancies in Office of District Attorney; Special Election

  In those instances where the Governor fills a vacancy in the office of district attorney pursuant to Article VI, Section VIII, Paragraph I(a) of the Constitution, the vacancy shall be filled by the Governor appointing a qualified individual to the office of district attorney who shall serve until January 1 of the year following the next state-wide general election which is more than six months after the date of the appointment of such individual, even if such period of time extends beyond the unexpired term of the prior district attorney.   A special election shall be held on the same date as the state-wide November general election which is first held following the date of the vacancy which is more than six months after the appointment of an individual to fill the vacancy and shall be held in conjunction with such general election.   It shall be the duty of the Secretary of State to call and conduct the special election required by subsection (b) of this Code section in accordance with the applicable provisions of Chapter 2 of Title 21, the "Georgia Election Code." Any individual elected at such special election pursuant to subsection (b) of this Code section shall possess the qualifications to seek and hold such office as provided by law.   The individual elected in the special election conducted pursuant to subsection (b) of this Code section shall begin a new four-year term of office on January 1 immediately following such special election.     (Code 1981, §45-5-3.2, enacted by Ga. L. 2018, p. 111, § 2/HB 907.)
GA Code § 45-5-4 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 45 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 5 - Vacation of Office|§ 45-5-4. Continuation in Office of Appointee During Succeeding Term

 Where any person is appointed to fill a vacancy in the office of judge, district attorney, or clerk of any court in this state under a law which provides that such appointee shall fill the unexpired term, if at the end of such unexpired term the person elected to fill such office shall not be qualified to take office, or if the person elected to fill such office shall have died prior to the end of such unexpired term, or if a vacancy shall occur from any other cause, then the person appointed to fill out such unexpired term shall continue in office during the term succeeding the one in which such vacancy occurred, in the absence of any other law for filling such term.   (Ga. L. 1911, p. 169, § 1; Code 1933, § 89-503.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 63C Am. Jur. 2d, Public Officers and Employees, § 121.   C.J.S.   - 67 C.J.S., Officers and Public Employees, § 146.   ALR.    - Beginning or expiration of term of elective officer where no time is fixed by law, 80 A.L.R. 1290; 135 A.L.R. 1173.    Right of one holding certificate of election to take office as against incumbent whose term has expired, notwithstanding election contest, 81 A.L.R. 620.    Notice of election to fill vacancy in office at general election, 158 A.L.R. 1184.   Power to appoint public officer for term commencing at or after expiration of term of appointing officer or body, 75 A.L.R.2d 1277.
GA Code § 45-5-5 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 45 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 5 - Vacation of Office|§ 45-5-5. To Whom Resignations to Be Made

  The resignations of all state and county officers and senators and representatives of the State of Georgia in the United States Congress shall be made to the Governor. If the resignation is from an office which may not be filled by executive appointment of the Governor, the Governor shall, upon receiving the resignation, promptly notify the appropriate official of the state or county to fill the vacancy or to initiate the process for filling the vacancy according to law.   The resignations of municipal officers shall be made to the governing authority of the municipality who shall fill the vacancies in accordance with law.    (Orig. Code 1863, § 133; Code 1868, § 128; Code 1873, § 137;Code 1882, § 137; Civil Code 1895, § 232; Civil Code 1910, § 267; Code 1933, § 89-504; Ga. L. 1986, p. 996, § 2.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 63C Am. Jur. 2d, Public Officers and Employees, § 114.   C.J.S.   - 67 C.J.S., Officers and Public Employees, § 215.   ALR.    - Right of public officer to resign, 19 A.L.R. 39.    Duress as ground for withdrawing or avoiding resignation from public office, 132 A.L.R. 975.
GA Code § 45-5-6.1 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 45 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 5 - Vacation of Office|§ 45-5-6.1. Suspension and Vacation of Office of Public Officials Convicted of Felony

  As used in this Code section, the term "public official" means any elected county officer; any elected member of a county governing authority; any elected member of a city-county consolidated government; any member of a county, area, or independent board of education; any school superintendent of a county, area, or independent school system; any solicitor-general of a state court; any elected member of any municipal governing authority; any member of the Public Service Commission; and any district attorney.   Upon initial conviction of any public official for any felony in a trial court of this state or the United States, regardless of whether the public official has been suspended previously under Code Section 45-5-6, such public official shall be immediately and without further action suspended from office. While a public official is suspended from office under this Code section, he shall not be entitled to receive the compensation from his office. If the conviction is later overturned as a result of any direct appeal or application for a writ of certiorari, the public official shall be immediately reinstated to the office from which he was suspended and shall be entitled to receive any compensation withheld under the provisions of this Code section.     For the duration of any suspension of any elected member of any municipal or consolidated city-county governing authority under this Code section, a replacement officer for the public officer suspended shall be appointed as provided for in any general law, local law, ordinance, or resolution governing the filling of a temporary vacancy in the public office affected. For the duration of any suspension of any other public official under this Code section, a replacement officer for the public official shall be appointed as provided for in any applicable general or local law governing the filling of a temporary vacancy in the public office affected. If no such general law, local law, ordinance, or resolution governing the filling of a temporary vacancy is applicable, then the Governor shall appoint a replacement officer for the public official suspended.   Upon the final conviction, the office of the public official shall be vacated immediately without further action. Said vacancy shall be filled in the manner provided by law for filling vacancies in such office.     The provisions of this Code section shall not apply to any conviction rendered prior to January 1, 1987.     (Code 1981, §45-5-6.1, enacted by Ga. L. 1986, p. 600, § 3; Ga. L. 1996, p. 748, § 26.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   ALR.   - What constitutes conviction within statutory or constitutional provision making conviction of crime ground of disqualification for, removal from, or vacancy in, public office, 11 A.L.R.5th 52.