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GA Code § 44-14-611 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 44 - Property|Chapter 14 - Mortgages, Conveyances to Secure Debt, and Liens|Article 9 - Lis Pendens|§ 44-14-611. Lis Pendens Docket; Indexing; Recording Fees

 The clerks of the superior courts of this state shall keep a lis pendens docket in which they shall record all notices of lis pendens on real property filed with them, such lis pendens docket to have proper indexes arranged alphabetically both as to direct and inverse; and the clerks shall be allowed a fee, as required by subparagraph (f)(1)(A) of Code Section 15-6-77, for recording the lis pendens in the lis pendens docket.   (Ga. L. 1939, p. 345, § 2; Ga. L. 1981, p. 1396, § 21; Ga. L. 1992, p. 6, § 44.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 51 Am. Jur. 2d, Lis Pendens, §§ 46, 47. 66 Am. Jur. 2d, Records, and Recording Laws, § 64.   C.J.S.   - 54 C.J.S., Lis Pendens, § 18. 76 C.J.S., Records, § 19 et seq.   ALR.    - Statute requiring filing of formal notice of lis pendens in certain classes of cases as affecting common-law doctrine of lis pendens in other cases, 10 A.L.R. 306.
GA Code § 44-14-612 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 44 - Property|Chapter 14 - Mortgages, Conveyances to Secure Debt, and Liens|Article 9 - Lis Pendens|§ 44-14-612. Entry of Dismissal, Settlement, or Final Judgment

 Upon the dismissal of any action by the plaintiff or plaintiffs or when a settlement or final judgment is entered therein, such dismissal, settlement, or final judgment shall be indicated on the face of the lis pendens record by the clerk of the superior court of each county where the lis pendens is recorded; and the book and page of the records where the final order or judgment is found shall also be indicated on the lis pendens record by the clerk.   (Ga. L. 1939, p. 345, § 3.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 51 Am. Jur. 2d, Lis Pendens, §§ 46, 58.   C.J.S.   - 54 C.J.S., Lis Pendens, § 24 et seq.   ALR.    - Statute requiring filing of formal notice of lis pendens in certain classes of cases as affecting common-law doctrine of lis pendens in other cases, 10 A.L.R. 306.
GA Code § 44-14-613 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 44 - Property|Chapter 14 - Mortgages, Conveyances to Secure Debt, and Liens|Article 9 - Lis Pendens|§ 44-14-613. Effect of Article on Other Laws

  This article shall in no way affect or alter the laws of this state with respect to personal property.   This article shall in no way affect or alter the laws of this state with respect to judgments, executions, and attachments; the liens they create; their enforceability; the recording of executions in general execution dockets; the notice given by the recording; or otherwise.    (Ga. L. 1939, p. 345, §§ 4, 5; Ga. L. 1982, p. 3, § 44.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 51 Am. Jur. 2d, Lis Pendens, §§ 5, 6, 21.   C.J.S.   - 54 C.J.S., Lis Pendens, § 10.   ALR.    - Necessity of filing notice of lis pendens in suit to foreclose mortgage or deed of trust, 138 A.L.R. 1454.
GA Code § 45-2-2 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 45 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 2 - Eligibility and Qualifications for Office|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 45-2-2. Person to Hold Only One County Office; Commissioned Officer Not to Be Deputy for Another

 No person shall hold, in any manner whatever, or be commissioned to hold more than one county office at one time, except by special enactment of the General Assembly; nor shall any commissioned officer be deputy for any other commissioned officer, except by such special enactment.   (Ga. L. 1890-91, p. 102, § 1; Civil Code 1895, § 224; Civil Code 1910, § 259; Code 1933, § 89-103; Ga. L. 1990, p. 8, § 45.)   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL   ANALYSIS    General Consideration   Specific Offices    RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 63C Am. Jur. 2d, Public Officers and Employees, § 57 et seq.   C.J.S.   - 67 C.J.S., Officers and Public Employees, § 27.   ALR.    - Effect of election to or acceptance of one office by incumbent of another where both cannot be held by same person, 100 A.L.R. 1162.
GA Code § 45-2-3 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 45 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 2 - Eligibility and Qualifications for Office|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 45-2-3. Persons Failing to Obtain Commissions Ineligible for Reelection

 Persons who, after an election, fail to comply with all the prerequisites of the law in order to obtain commissions or certificates to discharge the duties of their office shall, by reason of such failure, be ineligible for reelection to the same office at the next election.   (Orig. Code 1863, § 127; Code 1868, § 122; Code 1873, § 131; Code 1882, § 131; Civil Code 1895, § 225; Civil Code 1910, § 260; Code 1933, § 89-104.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 63C Am. Jur. 2d, Public Officers and Employees, § 128 et seq.   C.J.S.   - 67 C.J.S., Officers and Public Employees, §§ 48, 49.
GA Code § 45-2-5 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 45 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 2 - Eligibility and Qualifications for Office|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 45-2-5. Municipal or County Governments Not to Require Residence as Condition of Employment

 No municipal or county government in this state shall require as a condition of employment by such government that applicants for employment as officers or employees, or such officers or employees now or hereafter employed, must reside within the boundaries of the municipality or county.   (Ga. L. 1975, p. 1576, § 1.)   Law reviews.   - For article discussing effect of City of Atlanta v. Myers, 240 Ga. 261, 240 S.E.2d 60 (1977), on limits of municipal government autonomy, see 12 Ga. L. Rev. 805 (1978). For article, "The United States Supreme Court as Home Rule Wrecker," see 34 Mercer L. Rev. 363 (1982).   JUDICIAL DECISIONS   Ordinance restricting residence held unconstitutional.    - Ordinance of the City of Atlanta providing residential requirements for officers and employees of the police and fire bureaus contrary to this section is unconstitutional and void under Ga. Const. 1976, Art. I, Sec. II, Para. VII (see now Ga. Const. 1983, Art. III, Sec. VI, Para. IV). City of Atlanta v. Myers, 240 Ga. 261, 240 S.E.2d 60 (1977).   Ordinance not in conflict with this section.    - A city ordinance requiring all public safety personnel to reside within 8.75 miles of city hall, is not in conflict with O.C.G.A. § 45-2-5 because this ordinance does not impose a distance requirement which makes residence within the political subdivision necessary. Dixon v. City of Perry, 262 Ga. 212, 416 S.E.2d 279 (1992).   Residency not required.    - County attorney is not a county elected official, but rather is a county employee, so the residency requirement of O.C.G.A. § 45-2-1(1) does not apply to the county attorney under Ga. Const. 1983, Art. IX, Sec. I, Para. III and O.C.G.A. § 45-2-5; a county attorney is entitled to sovereign immunity as a county employee. Wallace v. Greene County, 274 Ga. App. 776, 618 S.E.2d 642 (2005).   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL    Qualifications of voter registrars and deputy registrars established by former Code 1933, are unaffected by Ga. Laws 1975, p. 1576 (see now O.C.G.A. § 45-2-5), prohibiting counties and municipalities from requiring employees to reside within. 1975 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 75-111.   City of Commerce may not require that city manager be elector of municipality.   - See 1986 Op. Att'y Gen. No. U86-12.   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 63C Am. Jur. 2d, Public Officers and Employees, § 80 et seq.   C.J.S.   - 67 C.J.S., Officers and Public Employees, § 26.
GA Code § 45-2-6 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 45 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 2 - Eligibility and Qualifications for Office|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 45-2-6. Municipal or County Governments Not to Use Residence as Advantage or Disadvantage in Administering Employee Merit System

 A municipal or county government of this state, in using any merit system examination or other type of examination or evaluation of personnel in connection with application for employment, demotion, or discharge of employees or promotion of employees, shall not apply additional points, credits, or other benefits to residents of the municipality or county to give such residents an advantage for the purpose of employment or promotion, or a disadvantage for the purpose of demotion or discharge, over nonresidents solely on the basis of residency. This Code section and Code Section 45-2-5 shall not be construed to prohibit the choice of a resident over a nonresident when both applicants for employment or both employees are equally qualified for the position sought by them or when both employees are equally at fault or ineffective when they are being considered for demotion or discharge from employment.   (Ga. L. 1975, p. 1576, § 2; Ga. L. 2002, p. 415, § 45.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 63C Am. Jur. 2d, Public Officers and Employees, § 80 et seq.   C.J.S.   - 67 C.J.S., Officers and Public Employees, § 26.
GA Code § 45-2-7 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 45 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 2 - Eligibility and Qualifications for Office|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 45-2-7. Employment of Aliens - Prohibited Generally; Exceptions

 Reserved. Repealed by Ga. L. 2015, p. 385, § 3-2/HB 252, effective July 1, 2015.   Editor's notes.   - This Code section was based on Ga. L. 1937-38, Ex. Sess., p. 189, § 1; Ga. L. 1955, p. 382, § 1; Ga. L. 1968, p. 1244, § 1; Ga. L. 2009, p. 859, § 15/HB 509.   Ga. L. 2015, p. 385, § 1-1/HB 252, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that: "This Act shall be known and may be cited as the 'J. Calvin Hill, Jr., Act.'"
GA Code § 45-2-8 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 45 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 2 - Eligibility and Qualifications for Office|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 45-2-8. Employment of Aliens - Official Subject to Removal for Violation

 Reserved. Repealed by Ga. L. 2015, p. 385, § 3-2/HB 252, effective July 1, 2015.   Editor's notes.   - This Code section was based on Ga. L. 1937-38, Ex. Sess., p. 189, § 2.   Ga. L. 2015, p. 385, § 1-1/HB 252, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that: "This Act shall be known and may be cited as the 'J. Calvin Hill, Jr., Act.'"
GA Code § 45-2-9 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 45 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 2 - Eligibility and Qualifications for Office|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 45-2-9. State Agencies Not to Discriminate in Employment Against Servicemen's Wives

  No department, agency, or board of the state shall deny employment with such department, agency, or board to a wife whose husband is on active duty in the armed forces of the United States or on active duty in a reserve component of the armed forces of the United States, including the national guard, merely because she is a wife of a member of the armed forces.   This Code section shall not be construed to require a department, agency, or board of the state to employ any person who is not qualified for such employment or to employ any person if no opening is available for the position applied for by such person. This Code section is intended only to prevent departments, agencies, and boards of the state from discriminating against wives of servicemen in the opportunity of securing employment with such departments, agencies, and boards.    (Ga. L. 1970, p. 169, § 1.)   Cross references.   - Priority of service designation for veterans and spouses, § 34-14-6.
GA Code § 45-2-20 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 45 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 2 - Eligibility and Qualifications for Office|Article 2 - Veterans' Civil Service Preference|§ 45-2-20. "Armed Conflict" Defined

 As used in this article, the term "armed conflict" means armed military intervention beyond the limits of the United States, as well as any confrontation of the armed forces of the United States with foreign nationals in which actual hostilities erupt.   (Ga. L. 1969, p. 642, § 3.)   Cross references.   - Priority of service designation for veterans and spouses, § 34-14-6.    "War veterans" defined, § 38-4-50.   RESEARCH REFERENCES   C.J.S.   - 67 C.J.S., Officers and Public Employees, §§ 37, 39, 69.   ALR.    - Character of service or connection with military or naval service necessary to entitle one to benefit of veterans' prefer statute in relation to civil service, 87 A.L.R. 1002.
GA Code § 45-2-22 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 45 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 2 - Eligibility and Qualifications for Office|Article 2 - Veterans' Civil Service Preference|§ 45-2-22. Disabled Veteran Entitled to Additional Ten Points on Civil Service Examination Score

 Any veteran, as provided in Code Section 45-2-21, who has at least a 10 percent service connected disability, as rated and certified by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, shall be entitled to and shall have ten points added to his passing score on any competitive civil service examination, said ten-point preference being in lieu of and not in addition to any other similar preference accorded by law.   (Ga. L. 1969, p. 642, § 2; Ga. L. 1990, p. 8, § 45; Ga. L. 1990, p. 45, § 1.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   C.J.S.   - 67 C.J.S., Officers and Public Employees, §§ 37, 39, 69.   ALR.    - Character of service or connection with military or naval service necessary to entitle one to benefit of veterans' prefer statute in relation to civil service, 87 A.L.R. 1002.    Constitutionality of state veterans' public employment preference laws, 161 A.L.R. 494.
GA Code § 45-2-40 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 45 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 2 - Eligibility and Qualifications for Office|Article 3 - Physical Examination of State Employees|§ 45-2-40. Employees to Furnish Certificate of Physical Fitness for Employment

 No person who is otherwise qualified shall be employed in any capacity by the state or any department or agency thereof unless the person is certified as meeting the standards of medical and physical fitness by a qualified medical practitioner within a prescribed number of calendar days after the date of an offer of employment. However, the State Personnel Board may provide for standards of medical and physical fitness for some positions that require only certification by the prospective employee and such certification may be accepted by the respective employing department without further assessment by a medical practitioner.   (Ga. L. 1956, p. 808, § 1; Ga. L. 1960, p. 189, § 1; Ga. L. 1975, p. 76, § 1; Ga. L. 1990, p. 8, § 45; Ga. L. 1996, p. 1094, § 1.)   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL    The only exception to this section is  a temporary employee who is employed for a period not exceeding 45 days, and who is not reemployed more than once for a similar period within any 12 consecutive months; all other employees must have a preemployment physical examination as a prerequisite to employment by the state. 1963-65 Op. Att'y Gen. p. 678 (rendered prior to 1996 amendment).   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - Am. Jur. 2d, New Topic Service, Americans with Disabilities Act, §§ 1 et seq., 281 et seq.
GA Code § 45-2-42 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 45 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 2 - Eligibility and Qualifications for Office|Article 3 - Physical Examination of State Employees|§ 45-2-42. State Department or Agency to Furnish Standards of Fitness of Positions

 The state department or agency shall furnish to the applicant the standards of medical and physical fitness for the position for which applied in such manner as to enable a medical practitioner to ascertain the physical capacity of the applicant to fulfill the requirements of employment.   (Ga. L. 1956, p. 808, § 3; Ga. L. 1975, p. 76, § 3; Ga. L. 1996, p. 1094, § 3.)
GA Code § 45-2-43 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 45 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 2 - Eligibility and Qualifications for Office|Article 3 - Physical Examination of State Employees|§ 45-2-43. Examining Medical Practitioner to Make Report; Conditions Impairing Prescribed Duties; Consent for Distribution of Additional Confidential Medical Information; Reports; Confidentiality of Files

 If a physical examination is required, the examining medical practitioner shall make a report certifying that the prospective employee has been examined and certified as not having any condition that would impair the fulfillment of the prescribed duties of the employment. However, if a condition exists which would impair the fulfillment of the prescribed duties, the medical practitioner shall identify such condition, the employing agency shall provide reasonable accommodation to the extent required by the Americans with Disabilities Act, 42 U.S.C. Section 12101, et seq., and the medical practitioner shall certify that the prospective employee, with the accommodation, meets the standards of medical and physical fitness for the position. Additional confidential medical information should be given only with the consent of the applicant. The examining medical practitioner shall complete the necessary forms and findings in accordance with the rules of the State Personnel Board. All such medical information shall be retained in a separate, confidential file and not as a part of the personnel file.   (Ga. L. 1956, p. 808, § 4; Ga. L. 1975, p. 76, § 4; Ga. L. 1996, p. 1094, § 3; Ga. L. 2002, p. 415, § 45.)   Code Commission notes.   - Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1996, a period was deleted at the end of the next to last sentence.
GA Code § 45-2-44 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 45 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 2 - Eligibility and Qualifications for Office|Article 3 - Physical Examination of State Employees|§ 45-2-44. State Personnel Board to Adopt Rules and Regulations; Expenditure of Funds

 The State Personnel Board, subject to the approval of the Governor, shall adopt and promulgate rules and regulations for the administration of this article. The board, through the commissioner of administrative services, is authorized to expend allocated funds for the necessary forms and other incidental administrative expenses in effectuating this article. All other expenses shall be borne by the prospective employee or the respective employing department in accordance with the rules of the board.   (Ga. L. 1956, p. 808, § 5; Ga. L. 1960, p. 189, § 3; Ga. L. 1996, p. 1094, § 3; Ga. L. 2012, p. 446, § 2-68/HB 642.)   Editor's notes.   - Ga. L. 2012, p. 446, § 3-1/HB 642, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that: "Personnel, equipment, and facilities that were assigned to the State Personnel Administration as of June 30, 2012, shall be transferred to the Department of Administrative Services on the effective date of this Act." This Act became effective July 1, 2012.   Ga. L. 2012, p. 446, § 3-2/HB 642, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that: "Appropriations for functions which are transferred by this Act may be transferred as provided in Code Section 45-12-90."   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 2 Am. Jur. 2d, Administrative Law, § 127 et seq.   C.J.S.   - 73 C.J.S., Public Administrative Law and Procedure, §§ 207-227.
GA Code § 45-2-45 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 45 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 2 - Eligibility and Qualifications for Office|Article 3 - Physical Examination of State Employees|§ 45-2-45. Applicability of Article

 This article shall not apply to department heads, temporary employees, other categories of employees of the state as defined by the State Personnel Board, or to students in the University System of Georgia in the employ of the state, nor shall it apply to any present employee. As used in this Code section, the term "temporary employee" means a person whose period of employment is of short duration or is part time as defined by the State Personnel Board.   (Ga. L. 1956, p. 808, § 6; Ga. L. 1960, p. 189, § 4; Ga. L. 1962, p. 541, § 4; Ga. L. 1996, p. 1094, § 3.)   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL   Application to employees in the University System of Georgia.   - The exemption of this section applies only to the heads of state departments and not the various subdivisions, subdepartments, and branches of departments of state government; therefore, as it applies to the department, the Regents of the University System of Georgia, the exemption would only apply to the chancellor and not to presidents of the various units of the department, nor various administrative and academic departments and subdivisions thereof. 1963-65 Op. Att'y Gen. p. 598 (rendered prior to 1996 amendment).
GA Code § 45-3-2 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 45 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 3 - Official Oaths and Commissions|Article 1 - Official Oaths|§ 45-3-2. Form and Subscription of Oath

 The form of the oath prescribed in Code Section 45-3-1 and the oath of office to be taken and subscribed shall be forwarded with the dedimus potestatem and shall be taken and subscribed at the time of receiving the commission before the officer to whom the same is directed and in conformity with any directions.   (Orig. Code 1863, § 135; Code 1868, § 130; Code 1873, § 140; Code 1882, § 140; Civil Code 1895, § 235; Civil Code 1910, § 270; Code 1933, § 89-303.)
GA Code § 45-3-3 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 45 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 3 - Official Oaths and Commissions|Article 1 - Official Oaths|§ 45-3-3. Officer Authorized to Administer Oaths; Oaths to Be Written, Subscribed, and Dated

 When not otherwise provided by law and when not directed in the dedimus potestatem, the oaths of office may be taken before any officer authorized by law to administer an oath. Such oaths shall be written and subscribed by the persons taking them and accompanied by the certificate of such officer, which shall specify the day and year taken.   (Orig. Code 1863, § 136; Code 1868, § 131; Code 1873, § 141; Code 1882, § 141; Civil Code 1895, § 236; Civil Code 1910, § 271; Code 1933, § 89-304.)   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL    Oath of office of clerk of superior court  may be administered by judge of superior court. 1980 Op. Att'y Gen. No. U80-48.   RESEARCH REFERENCES   ALR.    - Necessity and sufficiency of officer's jurat or certificate as to oath, 116 A.L.R. 587.
GA Code § 45-3-4 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 45 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 3 - Official Oaths and Commissions|Article 1 - Official Oaths|§ 45-3-4. Filing of Oaths - Generally

 The oaths prescribed in Code Section 45-3-1, when taken by an officer whose general duties are not confined to any one county unless otherwise specially provided, shall be filed with the certificate required by Code Section 45-3-3 in the office of the Governor and, when taken by an officer whose duties are confined to one county, shall be filed as provided in Code Section 45-3-5.   (Orig. Code 1863, § 137; Code 1868, § 132; Code 1873, § 142; Code 1882, § 142; Civil Code 1895, § 237; Civil Code 1910, § 272; Code 1933, § 89-305; Ga. L. 1990, p. 8, § 45.)
GA Code § 45-3-5 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 45 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 3 - Official Oaths and Commissions|Article 1 - Official Oaths|§ 45-3-5. Filing of Oaths - County Officers

 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.   (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.)