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2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 36 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-93-1) › PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO COUNTIES ONLY (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-23-01) › Chapter 6 - COUNTY TREASURER (§§ 36-6-1 — 36-6-28) › Section 36-6-8 - Time at which lien of bond arises

When any official bond is executed by any county treasurer or any person acting as such, the property of the treasurer or person acting as such, as well as the security or securities on the bond, shall be bound from the time of the execution thereof for the payment of any and all liability arising from the breach of the bond.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 36 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-93-1) › PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO COUNTIES ONLY (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-23-01) › Chapter 6 - COUNTY TREASURER (§§ 36-6-1 — 36-6-28) › Section 36-6-9 - Governor's directions relating to bond; payment of costs of transmitting and recording bond

It shall be the duty of the Governor to give written or printed directions to the county governing authority upon the requirements of Code Sections
36-6-5
through
36-6-7
, as other instructions and directions are now given in reference to the bonds of county treasurers. The costs of transmitting and recording the bonds shall be paid by the county treasurer.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 36 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-93-1) › PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO COUNTIES ONLY (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-23-01) › Chapter 6 - COUNTY TREASURER (§§ 36-6-1 — 36-6-28) › Section 36-6-10 - Location of office

The county treasurer must keep his office at the county site or at some place within one mile of the courthouse.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 36 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-93-1) › PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO COUNTIES ONLY (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-23-01) › Chapter 6 - COUNTY TREASURER (§§ 36-6-1 — 36-6-28) › Section 36-6-11 - Books and stationery furnished by county

All books and stationery required by the county treasurer must be furnished at the expense of the county.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 36 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-93-1) › PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO COUNTIES ONLY (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-23-01) › Chapter 6 - COUNTY TREASURER (§§ 36-6-1 — 36-6-28) › Section 36-6-12 - Compensation and fees

County treasurers are entitled to receive the following fees:
(1)
For receiving and paying out county funds:
(A)
Two and one-half percent for receiving all sums up to $10,000.00.
(B)
Two and one-half percent for paying out all sums up to $10,000.00.
(C)
One and one-fourth percent for receiving the excess of any sum over $10,000.00.
(D)
One and one-fourth percent for paying out the excess of any sum over $10,000.00.
(2)
For making his returns to the grand jury, $1.00.
(3)
For making his returns to the judge of the probate court, $1.00.
However, in no case shall the compensation of a county treasurer exceed the sum of $3,000.00 per annum, unless within the sole discretion of the proper governing authority of the county the compensation is increased to a sum not to exceed $3,600.00 per annum.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 36 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-93-1) › PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO COUNTIES ONLY (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-23-01) › Chapter 6 - COUNTY TREASURER (§§ 36-6-1 — 36-6-28) › Section 36-6-13 - Receipt of commission or fees in connection with certain road contracts; collection and disbursement of road contract funds

No county treasurer or other county official shall receive any commission on funds received or disbursed in connection with county contracts with the Department of Transportation for the construction or repair of roads; and this Code section and Code Sections
36-6-12
and
36-6-15
shall not apply to funds received or disbursed on such contracts. The funds received from county contracts with the Department of Transportation for the construction and repair of roads shall be collected by the county treasurer, in those counties having a county treasurer, and shall be disbursed by him without any commission or fee; in those counties having no county treasurer, the funds from these contracts shall be collected and disbursed by the usual officers without any commission or fee.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 36 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-93-1) › PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO COUNTIES ONLY (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-23-01) › Chapter 6 - COUNTY TREASURER (§§ 36-6-1 — 36-6-28) › Section 36-6-14 - Duties generally

It is the duty of the county treasurer:
(1)
To collect diligently from all officers and others all moneys due the county;
(2)
To examine the minutes and execution dockets of the different courts of the county, to demand and receive all moneys appearing to be due thereon, and to institute proceedings against defaulters;
(3)
To pay without delay, when there are sufficient funds, all orders or other debts due, according to their dates; when there are not sufficient funds, payment shall be made as prescribed in Code Section
36-11-4
;
(4)
To take a receipt on each order when paid and carefully file it away;
(5)
To keep a well-bound book in which shall be entered all receipts, stating when received, from whom, and on what account, and all amounts paid out, stating when paid, to whom, and on what account;
(6)
To keep a well-bound book in which shall be entered a full description of all county orders or other forms of indebtedness, as they are presented;
(7)
To record a copy of the orders of the county governing authority levying county taxes;
(8)
To exhibit to the first grand jury at the first session of the superior court of each year a full statement of the condition of the county treasury up to that time;
(9)
On the second Monday in January of each year, to file with the county governing authority a full statement of his account, accompanied by his vouchers for the preceding year, together with his estimate of the indebtedness of the county for the ensuing year and the means of providing therefor;
(10)
To place his books and vouchers before the grand jury or the county governing authority for examination when called upon to do so;
(11)
To appear before the county governing authority or the grand jury to render an account of his actings and doings as county treasurer; and
(12)
To publish at the door of the courthouse and in a public newspaper, if there is one published in the county, a copy of his annual statement to the county governing authority.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 36 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-93-1) › PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO COUNTIES ONLY (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-23-01) › Chapter 6 - COUNTY TREASURER (§§ 36-6-1 — 36-6-28) › Section 36-6-15 - Collection and disbursal of funds generally

All county funds are to be paid to and disbursed by the county treasurer except such as may be specially excepted by law, which shall be collected and disbursed as specially directed.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 36 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-93-1) › PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO COUNTIES ONLY (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-23-01) › Chapter 6 - COUNTY TREASURER (§§ 36-6-1 — 36-6-28) › Section 36-6-16 - Deposits of county funds in designated depositories

The treasurers of the several counties are authorized to deposit the county funds which may come into their hands as county treasurers in any bank or banking institution which has been designated by law as a depository for the funds of the state.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 36 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-93-1) › PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO COUNTIES ONLY (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-23-01) › Chapter 6 - COUNTY TREASURER (§§ 36-6-1 — 36-6-28) › Section 36-6-16.1 - Deposit of funds held for benefit of third persons by officer of county or court in treasury of counties having population of 600,000 or more

(a)
It shall be lawful in all counties of this state having a population of 600,000 or more according to the United States decennial census of 1990 or any future such census for any county officer and any officer of any court, including the superior court in such counties, having in his possession and custody any funds, including trust funds, held for the benefit of any third person or litigant or for any purpose or subject to the order of any court or other tribunal to deposit such funds for safekeeping in the treasury of the county and to accept therefor the receipt of the treasurer or other fiscal officer of such county.
(b)
The original custodian of such fund before making any deposit may require the treasurer or other fiscal officer to execute in his favor a special bond in an amount not less than the aggregate of all funds so deposited and held by the treasurer or other fiscal officer, which bond with security approved by the superior court of such county shall be conditioned to repay or disburse all of such funds under proper legal authority. In lieu of other security on such bond, the treasurer or other fiscal officer may deposit in a safe place a bond of the United States Treasury in an amount not less than the aggregate of all deposits secured by such bond.
(c)
The treasurer of any county or other fiscal officer charged with the custody of county funds may decline to accept funds from any officer or officer of the court for deposit and safekeeping when in the judgment of such treasurer or other fiscal officer the conditions imposed are burdensome or would cause hardship or financial loss.
(d)
Any officer or officer of the court who deposits funds in his custody in the treasury of the county of such officer or officer of the court shall be relieved of personal responsibility for the safekeeping of such funds as may be entrusted to the treasury of the county under this Code section.
(e)
This Code section shall not be interpreted to prevent or delay the direct payment into the county treasury of all funds belonging to such county and collected by or held by an officer or officer of the court, but all of same shall be deposited immediately in the county treasury without the requirement of any special bond.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 36 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-93-1) › PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO COUNTIES ONLY (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-23-01) › Chapter 6 - COUNTY TREASURER (§§ 36-6-1 — 36-6-28) › Section 36-6-17 - Furnishing of bonds by depositories selected by treasurer

Any depository of state funds selected by the county treasurer to be a depository of the county funds shall, in addition to the bond given to the state as security for the money of the state deposited in such bank, give to the county treasurer a bond in an amount sufficient to protect him from any loss, which bond shall be payable to him and shall be conditioned to account fully to him for all county moneys that may be deposited by him as county treasurer under the terms of this article.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 36 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-93-1) › PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO COUNTIES ONLY (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-23-01) › Chapter 6 - COUNTY TREASURER (§§ 36-6-1 — 36-6-28) › Section 36-6-18 - Arrangements for payment of interest on deposits; disposition of interest payments

The county treasurers are authorized to arrange with the bank to pay interest on the money deposited with the bank, but they are not required to do so. Any money received by them as interest must be paid by them into the treasury of the county.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 36 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-93-1) › PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO COUNTIES ONLY (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-23-01) › Chapter 6 - COUNTY TREASURER (§§ 36-6-1 — 36-6-28) › Section 36-6-19 - Disposition of books of treasurer when full

When the books of the county treasurer are full, they must be deposited, together with the vouchers and other files relating thereto, in the office of the county governing authority and shall be part of its records.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 36 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-93-1) › PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO COUNTIES ONLY (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-23-01) › Chapter 6 - COUNTY TREASURER (§§ 36-6-1 — 36-6-28) › Section 36-6-20 - Delivery of money, books, papers, and property to successor

Upon the resignation, expiration of the term, or removal from office of the county treasurer, he, or, if he is dead, his personal representative, must state his accounts and deliver all the money, books, papers, and property of the county to his successor, as do other officers. His successor must report the same immediately to the county governing authority.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 36 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-93-1) › PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO COUNTIES ONLY (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-23-01) › Chapter 6 - COUNTY TREASURER (§§ 36-6-1 — 36-6-28) › Section 36-6-21 - Final settlement of accounts

When the county treasurer or his personal representative has made a fair and full statement of all his accounts and liabilities as such, pursuant to Code Section
36-6-20
, an exoneration of himself and his sureties, together with the details of such settlement, must be entered on the minutes of the county governing authority. It shall be final, except for fraud.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 36 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-93-1) › PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO COUNTIES ONLY (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-23-01) › Chapter 6 - COUNTY TREASURER (§§ 36-6-1 — 36-6-28) › Section 36-6-22 - Requirement of accountings by treasurer

It shall be the duty of the judge of the probate court or county governing authority to compel the treasurers of the county to come before the court or governing authority at such times as may be designated by the judge or governing authority, not less than twice in each year, to render an account of his official actings and doings respecting the county tax and funds and to make a full and complete exhibit of his books, vouchers, accounts, and all things pertaining to his office.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 36 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-93-1) › PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO COUNTIES ONLY (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-23-01) › Chapter 6 - COUNTY TREASURER (§§ 36-6-1 — 36-6-28) › Section 36-6-23 - Proceedings upon failure of treasurer to render accounting

The failure or refusal of any county treasurer to render the account and make the showing provided for by Code Section
36-6-22
, after being notified to do so by the county governing authority, shall constitute malpractice in office. A conviction therefor shall subject the offender to removal from office. During the continuance of such failure or refusal after the notice aforesaid, the county governing authority shall suspend the treasurer from duty and shall appoint some fit and proper person to take charge of the county funds and perform the duties of his office until the question of his removal can be passed upon and decided by the proper tribunal. Proper bonds shall be taken from the person so appointed, as provided by law. The power given by this Code section and Code Section
36-6-22
to inquire into the affairs of the treasurer of the county and to suspend him from office in certain cases shall in no way affect the liability of the treasurer or that of the sureties on his bond.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 36 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-93-1) › PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO COUNTIES ONLY (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-23-01) › Chapter 6 - COUNTY TREASURER (§§ 36-6-1 — 36-6-28) › Section 36-6-24 - Removal of treasurer

County treasurers may be removed from office in the same manner as clerks of the superior courts may be removed.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 36 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-93-1) › PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO COUNTIES ONLY (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-23-01) › Chapter 6 - COUNTY TREASURER (§§ 36-6-1 — 36-6-28) › Section 36-6-25 - Filling of vacancies

Vacancies in the office of county treasurer shall be filled as are vacancies in other county offices.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 36 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-93-1) › PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO COUNTIES ONLY (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-23-01) › Chapter 6 - COUNTY TREASURER (§§ 36-6-1 — 36-6-28) › Section 36-6-26 - Bonds of persons appointed to fill vacancies

The amount of the bonds of appointees to fill vacancies shall be in the discretion of the county governing authority, taking into consideration the amount that may come into their hands, and shall be for double such amount.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 36 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-93-1) › PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO COUNTIES ONLY (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-23-01) › Chapter 6 - COUNTY TREASURER (§§ 36-6-1 — 36-6-28) › Section 36-6-27 - Execution against county treasurer for failure to pay over money

When the county treasurer at any time fails to pay any order which is entitled to payment, any other legal demand upon him, or any balance that is in his hands to his successor or to the person entitled to receive it, the county governing authority may issue execution against him and his sureties for the amount due, as against a defaulting tax collector.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 36 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-93-1) › PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO COUNTIES ONLY (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-23-01) › Chapter 6 - COUNTY TREASURER (§§ 36-6-1 — 36-6-28) › Section 36-6-28 - Purchase of county orders at less than full value or refusal to pay order

Any county treasurer who buys up any county orders or claims for less than their full par value, either by himself or by agents, directly or indirectly, pays for them in property at an estimated value above its true value, refuses to pay an order when he has funds to pay the same, or illegally postpones the payment of an order shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be removed from office on complaint and proof being made to the county governing authority.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 36 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-93-1) › PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO COUNTIES ONLY (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-23-01) › Chapter 7 - COUNTY SURVEYOR (§§ 36-7-1 — 36-7-16) › Section 36-7-1 - Requirement of county surveyor for each county; appointment of assistants or deputies

There must be one county surveyor for each county. The surveyor is empowered to appoint one or more assistants or deputies, for whose conduct he is responsible.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 36 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-93-1) › PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO COUNTIES ONLY (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-23-01) › Chapter 7 - COUNTY SURVEYOR (§§ 36-7-1 — 36-7-16) › Section 36-7-2 - Election, commissioning, qualification, and removal of county surveyor; qualifications

(a)
County surveyors shall be elected, commissioned, qualified, and removed as are clerks of the superior courts and shall hold their offices for four years.
(b)
(1)
Every person holding the post of county surveyor must be a qualified surveyor, licensed by the State Board of Registration for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors, and such person must have successfully passed the examination given by the board as a prerequisite to the granting of a license as a land surveyor; provided, however, that any person holding the position of county surveyor on March 7, 1966, whether elected or appointed, shall not be required to meet the qualifications enumerated in this subsection so long as such person remains in the position of county surveyor, whether reappointed or reelected to this position.
(2)
Paragraph (1) of this subsection shall not apply to:
(A)
Any county having a population of less than 17,000 inhabitants according to the United States decennial census of 1960 or any future such census; or
(B)
Any person who was holding the position of county surveyor in such a county on January 1, 1977, and who has acted continuously as county surveyor since that date, for as long as such person remains in the position of county surveyor, notwithstanding the fact that the population of the county has grown to exceed 17,000.
(c)
Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (b) of this Code section or paragraph (3) of subsection (b) of Code Section
43-15-29
, a county surveyor who is not licensed by the State Board of Registration for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors shall only practice land surveying for the county and shall not engage in the private practice of professional land surveying; provided, however, that this subsection shall not apply to any county surveyor duly elected and holding office on June 30, 1986, so long as said person continues to hold the office of county surveyor; provided, however, that any county surveyor who has a minimum of four years of surveying experience shall be eligible to take the land surveyor examination and eligible for certification as a land surveyor.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 36 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-93-1) › PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO COUNTIES ONLY (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-23-01) › Chapter 7 - COUNTY SURVEYOR (§§ 36-7-1 — 36-7-16) › Section 36-7-2.1 - Abolishing elected office and authorizing appointment; qualifications of appointed surveyor

(a)
The General Assembly may by local law abolish the office of elected county surveyor in any county of this state and authorize the governing authority of the county to appoint the county surveyor for such term of office as the General Assembly shall provide by said local law.
(b)
A local law abolishing the office of elected county surveyor pursuant to the authority of this Code section shall comply with the provisions of Code Section
1-3-11
requiring referendum approval on abolishing certain offices, except that if the office of the elected county surveyor is vacant at the time of its abolishment or if the person holding the office was appointed to fill a vacancy pursuant to the provisions of Code Section
36-7-3
, such office may be abolished at any time without the necessity of a referendum.
(c)
A county surveyor appointed by a county governing authority pursuant to the authority of a local Act enacted pursuant to the provisions of this Code section shall possess the qualifications to hold office as a county surveyor specified by paragraph (1) of subsection (b) of Code Section
36-7-2
and shall carry out the duties of a county surveyor as provided in this chapter and other laws of this state.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 36 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-93-1) › PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO COUNTIES ONLY (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-23-01) › Chapter 7 - COUNTY SURVEYOR (§§ 36-7-1 — 36-7-16) › Section 36-7-3 - Procedure when election fails to fill office; procedure in event of vacancy

(a)
Whenever an election fails to fill the office of county surveyor, the judge of the probate court shall appoint a person to serve as the county surveyor until a successor is duly elected in a special election which shall be held at the time of the next general election to serve out the remainder of the unexpired term of office.
(b)
In the event that a vacancy occurs in the office of county surveyor, the judge of the probate court shall appoint a person to serve for the unexpired term of office and until his successor is duly elected and has qualified.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 36 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-93-1) › PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO COUNTIES ONLY (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-23-01) › Chapter 7 - COUNTY SURVEYOR (§§ 36-7-1 — 36-7-16) › Section 36-7-4 - Commissioning of surveyor

A county surveyor who derives his authority from appointment needs no commission beyond the order of the judge of the probate court entered on his minutes, of which appointment the Governor must be informed without delay.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 36 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-93-1) › PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO COUNTIES ONLY (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-23-01) › Chapter 7 - COUNTY SURVEYOR (§§ 36-7-1 — 36-7-16) › Section 36-7-5 - Oath of office; bond and security

In addition to the oath required of all public officers, the county surveyor must take the following oath before entering on the duties of his office:
"I, __________________, swear that I will, to the best of my skill and knowledge, discharge the duties of surveyor of __________________ County and that I will not admeasure, survey, or lay out any land, in my capacity as such, or knowingly permit or cause it to be done, without a warrant first obtained for that purpose. So help me God."
At the same time, he shall give bond and security in the sum of $1,000.00.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 36 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-93-1) › PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO COUNTIES ONLY (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-23-01) › Chapter 7 - COUNTY SURVEYOR (§§ 36-7-1 — 36-7-16) › Section 36-7-6 - Oath of assistant; entry of appointment of assistant on minutes of probate court

When an assistant is appointed by the county surveyor, he must take the same oath the county surveyor takes. The fact of his appointment must, at the same time, be entered on the minutes of the judge of the probate court.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 36 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-93-1) › PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO COUNTIES ONLY (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-23-01) › Chapter 7 - COUNTY SURVEYOR (§§ 36-7-1 — 36-7-16) › Section 36-7-7 - Place of office

The county surveyor may keep his office at his place of abode, if within the limits of the county. The county shall not be required to furnish the county surveyor with an office or facilities.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 36 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-93-1) › PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO COUNTIES ONLY (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-23-01) › Chapter 7 - COUNTY SURVEYOR (§§ 36-7-1 — 36-7-16) › Section 36-7-8 - Duties of surveyor generally

It shall be the duty of the county surveyor:
(1)
To observe punctually and carry into effect all such orders as he may receive from any officer who may lawfully command him;
(2)
To partition lands, to make resurveys, to give plats of all surveys, and to administer all oaths required by law in such cases;
(3)
To survey county lines and district lines and to make other surveys in which his county may be interested whenever required to do so by the county governing authority;
(4)
To execute all surveys required by the rule or order of any court of competent jurisdiction; and
(5)
To keep a well-bound book in which shall be entered plats of all surveys made by him with a minute of the names of the chainbearers, when executed, by whose order, and to whom the plat was delivered, if any. Such book shall belong to his office and shall be turned over to his successor; when full, it shall be deposited in the office of the county governing authority.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 36 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-93-1) › PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO COUNTIES ONLY (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-23-01) › Chapter 7 - COUNTY SURVEYOR (§§ 36-7-1 — 36-7-16) › Section 36-7-9 - Establishment of fees

(a)
The county surveyor shall be allowed to establish a reasonable fee for each of the following acts:
(1)
Surveying a town lot and returning a certificate thereof;
(2)
Surveying a tract of land;
(3)
Making a plat and recording, advertising, and transmitting the same to the Secretary of State's office;
(4)
Making a resurvey of land by order of court;
(5)
For every other survey, making and certifying a plat thereof and transmitting the same;
(6)
Running lines between counties or districts or making new lines, per day, the county surveyor furnishing the chainbearer and provisions;
(7)
Making a plat of homestead, affidavit, and return;
(8)
Making each additional plat where there is more than one lot; and
(9)
Making any other survey he may be called upon or required to perform.
The fee established by the county surveyor shall be reasonably equivalent to the same fee which would be charged if the survey had been conducted by a private surveyor.
(b)
The county surveyor shall be allowed to contract for his services in the same manner as private surveyors, whenever he is called upon or required to make a survey for a private or a corporate benefit or by order of the county governing authority or by order of the court.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 36 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-93-1) › PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO COUNTIES ONLY (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-23-01) › Chapter 7 - COUNTY SURVEYOR (§§ 36-7-1 — 36-7-16) › Section 36-7-10 - Payment of fees generally

The fees for surveys made by the county surveyor for private or corporate benefit shall be paid by the person or corporation ordering the survey. The fees for surveys made by order of the county governing authority shall be paid out of county funds. The fees for surveys made by order of court, unless otherwise agreed upon, are to be taxed in the bill of costs and shall have the effect of a judgment lien upon the land surveyed, if not paid by the party bound for costs.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 36 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-93-1) › PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO COUNTIES ONLY (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-23-01) › Chapter 7 - COUNTY SURVEYOR (§§ 36-7-1 — 36-7-16) › Section 36-7-11 - Issuance of execution for fees

A county surveyor who makes a survey for a person who neglects to pay him may make oath before the judge of the probate court of his county of the performance of such service and its value. The judge of the probate court shall thereupon issue a fi. fa. in his name for the use of the surveyor, against the person defaulting. Such person may defend himself therefor in the same manner as persons against whom executions issue for detaining county funds.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 36 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-93-1) › PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO COUNTIES ONLY (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-23-01) › Chapter 7 - COUNTY SURVEYOR (§§ 36-7-1 — 36-7-16) › Section 36-7-12 - Surveys or plats deemed presumptive evidence of facts

Surveys or plats of lands within his county, made by the county surveyor under order of court and on notice to all the parties, signed by him officially, and stating the contents, courses, and distances of any land surveyed by him are presumptive evidence of the facts if all the requisites of the law touching such surveys and the reports thereof are complied with.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 36 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-93-1) › PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO COUNTIES ONLY (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-23-01) › Chapter 7 - COUNTY SURVEYOR (§§ 36-7-1 — 36-7-16) › Section 36-7-13 - Persons who may perform duties of office when there is no county surveyor; oath; liability

(a)
When there is no county surveyor, any person who is a citizen of this state and who holds a current and valid certificate of registration as a land surveyor issued by the State Board of Registration for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors may perform the duties of county surveyor, when specifically required or appointed to do so, if first sworn to do the same faithfully and impartially, to the best of his skill and knowledge.
(b)
Persons performing such service are on the same footing as county surveyors as to the special service rendered and are personally liable as such surveyors are officially liable.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 36 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-93-1) › PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO COUNTIES ONLY (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-23-01) › Chapter 7 - COUNTY SURVEYOR (§§ 36-7-1 — 36-7-16) › Section 36-7-14 - Appointment of disinterested surveyor; oath

When any county surveyor is interested in any survey to be made, the judge of the superior court or the judge of the probate court of the county in which the land is located, upon the application of any party in interest, shall appoint a competent, disinterested surveyor or, in his discretion, may appoint the surveyor of any adjoining county to make the survey. If the surveyor appointed is not a county surveyor, before entering on the survey, he shall subscribe before some judicial officer of the county the oath required of county surveyors. The rights, powers, and duties of the surveyor so appointed shall be the same as those of the county surveyor. The return of the surveyor shall have the same force and effect as do other surveys.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 36 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-93-1) › PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO COUNTIES ONLY (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-23-01) › Chapter 7 - COUNTY SURVEYOR (§§ 36-7-1 — 36-7-16) › Section 36-7-15 - Removal of surveyor from office

The county surveyor, whether elected or appointed, may be removed by the judge of the probate court for want of capacity, in the same fashion as clerks of the superior courts are removed in the superior court. This cause of removal shall be in addition to the causes which apply to all public officers.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 36 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-93-1) › PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO COUNTIES ONLY (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-23-01) › Chapter 7 - COUNTY SURVEYOR (§§ 36-7-1 — 36-7-16) › Section 36-7-16 - Penalty for making false survey

Any county surveyor or other person acting as such who knowingly surveys nonvacant land as vacant land or makes any other false survey shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 36 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-93-1) › PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO COUNTIES ONLY (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-23-01) › Chapter 8 - COUNTY POLICE (§§ 36-8-1 — 36-8-8) › Section 36-8-2 - Terms of office; removal; authority to abolish county police force

The terms for which county police shall be elected or appointed shall be left to the discretion of the county governing authority. Such county police or any member thereof may be removed from office at any time, at the will of the county governing authority, with or without cause. A resolution or ordinance authorizing the creation of a county police force adopted by a county governing authority and approved by the qualified electors of the county in a special election as provided in subsection (b) of Code Section
36-8-1
shall not affect the power of the county governing authority to abolish a county police force at any time.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 36 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-93-1) › PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO COUNTIES ONLY (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-23-01) › Chapter 8 - COUNTY POLICE (§§ 36-8-1 — 36-8-8) › Section 36-8-3 - Bonds and actions thereon

Upon the election of county police, each of them shall enter into a good and solvent bond, in a sum of not less than $1,000.00, to be fixed by the county governing authority, conditioned for the faithful performance of all their duties. Anyone injured or damaged by any one of such county police may bring an action upon his bond in his name or in the name of the county governing authority for his benefit or use.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 36 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-93-1) › PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO COUNTIES ONLY (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-23-01) › Chapter 8 - COUNTY POLICE (§§ 36-8-1 — 36-8-8) › Section 36-8-4 - Establishment of salaries; payment; tax levy

The county governing authority shall fix the salaries of the county police, which salaries, together with the expense of maintaining the police, shall be paid out of the county treasury. The county governing authority is authorized to levy such tax as may be necessary to pay such salaries and expenses over and above the sums for which it is otherwise authorized to levy a tax.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 36 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-93-1) › PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO COUNTIES ONLY (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-23-01) › Chapter 8 - COUNTY POLICE (§§ 36-8-1 — 36-8-8) › Section 36-8-5 - Powers of county police generally

Under the direction and control of the county governing authority, the county police shall have:
(1)
The same power to make arrests and to execute and return criminal warrants and processes in the county of their election or appointment only, as sheriffs have; and
(2)
All the powers of sheriffs as peace officers in the county of their election or appointment.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 36 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-93-1) › PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO COUNTIES ONLY (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-23-01) › Chapter 8 - COUNTY POLICE (§§ 36-8-1 — 36-8-8) › Section 36-8-6 - [Reserved] Abolishment of county police departments

Amended by 2022 Ga. Laws 782,§ 36, eff. 5/2/2022.
Added by 2020 Ga. Laws 608,§ 1, eff. 8/5/2020.
Reserved by 2012 Ga. Laws 684,§ 36, eff. 5/1/2012.
Repealed by 2005 Ga. Laws 97,§ 1, eff. 7/1/2005.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 36 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-93-1) › PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO COUNTIES ONLY (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-23-01) › Chapter 8 - COUNTY POLICE (§§ 36-8-1 — 36-8-8) › Section 36-8-7 - Rules and regulations for conduct, management, and control of county police

Upon the election or appointment of county police, the county governing authority shall make rules and regulations for the conduct, management, and control of such county police and shall, from time to time, enlarge, modify, or change such rules and regulations as its discretion may dictate.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 36 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-93-1) › PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO COUNTIES ONLY (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-23-01) › Chapter 9 - COUNTY PROPERTY GENERALLY (§§ 36-9-1 — 36-9-11) › Section 36-9-1 - Vesting in county of title under conveyances for use of county

All deeds, conveyances, grants, or other instruments which have been or may be made to any officer or person for the use and benefit of any county shall vest in the county the title as fully as if made to the county by name.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 36 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-93-1) › PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO COUNTIES ONLY (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-23-01) › Chapter 9 - COUNTY PROPERTY GENERALLY (§§ 36-9-1 — 36-9-11) › Section 36-9-2 - Control and disposal of county property generally

The county governing authority shall have the control of all property belonging to the county and may, by order entered on its minutes, direct the disposal of any real property which may lawfully be disposed of and make and execute good and sufficient title thereof on behalf of the county.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 36 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-93-1) › PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO COUNTIES ONLY (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-23-01) › Chapter 9 - COUNTY PROPERTY GENERALLY (§§ 36-9-1 — 36-9-11) › Section 36-9-2.1 - Demolition of certain county courthouses

(a)
Notwithstanding the provisions of Code Section
36-9-2
, a county governing authority shall not have the authority to demolish or to provide for the demolition of a county courthouse which was constructed prior to January 1, 1905, and which is listed in the National Register of Historic Places unless the question of whether or not to demolish the courthouse is submitted to the qualified voters of the county for approval or rejection in a referendum called for such purpose.
(b)
The ballot in the referendum required by subsection (a) of this Code section shall have written or printed thereon the words:
"( ) YES
Shall the demolition of the (
Name of County
) courthouse, as proposed by the governing authority
( ) NO
of (
Name of County
), be approved?"
(c)
A referendum held pursuant to this Code section shall be conducted only in conjunction with a general primary or general election and shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 2 of Title 21, the "Georgia Election Code."
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 36 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-93-1) › PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO COUNTIES ONLY (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-23-01) › Chapter 9 - COUNTY PROPERTY GENERALLY (§§ 36-9-1 — 36-9-11) › Section 36-9-4 - Maintenance of insurance on books of laws and court reports

The officer having charge of the financial affairs of each county shall keep insured, at a fair valuation against loss by fire, all volumes of the public laws and decisions of the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeals which have been furnished to the judge of the probate court and the clerk of the superior court of his county. Such policies of insurance shall be in the name of the county. The premiums therefor shall be paid out of the funds of the county. In the event of any loss or damage by fire, the county governing authority shall proceed to collect the amount of loss on the policy; when so collected, the proceeds thereof shall be used in supplying new books of the kind lost or injured, insofar as the proceeds may be sufficient to do so.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 36 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-93-1) › PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO COUNTIES ONLY (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-23-01) › Chapter 9 - COUNTY PROPERTY GENERALLY (§§ 36-9-1 — 36-9-11) › Section 36-9-5 - Erection, repair, and furnishing of county buildings; storage of county documents

(a)
It is the duty of the county governing authorities to erect or repair, when necessary, their respective courthouses and jails and all other necessary county buildings and to furnish each with all the furniture necessary for the different rooms, offices, or cells.
(b)
The county buildings shall be erected and kept in order and repaired at the expense of the county under the direction of the county governing authority which is authorized to make all necessary contracts for that purpose.
(c)
(1)
As used in this subsection, the term "county document" means:
(A)
Records documenting property rights, deeds, and wills; and
(B)
Tax records documenting ownership of property and the latest valuations of property.
(2)
A county officer, the county board of tax assessors, or any other officer of the county having the responsibility or custody of any county documents set forth in paragraph (1) of this subsection shall, at night or when the county office is closed, keep such county documents:
(A)
In a fireproof safe or vault;
(B)
In fireproof cabinets;
(C)
On microfilm, pursuant to the standards set forth in Article 6 of Chapter 18 of Title 50, only if a security copy has been sent to the Georgia State Archives;
(D)
At a location not more than 100 miles from the county in a data storage and retrieval facility approved by the county governing authority within the State of Georgia which is in a building or facility which is in compliance with the fire safety standards applicable to archives and record centers as established by the National Fire Protection Association in Standard No. 232, as such standard was adopted on August 11, 1995. If documents are stored outside the county where the documents were created, the government entity shall bear all costs of transporting such documents back to the county of origin for purposes of responding to requests under Article 4 of Chapter 18 of Title 50, relating to inspections of public records. Such documents shall be made available to the requester; or
(E)
On any other electronic imaging medium that facilitates retrieval of such documents via electronic means, provided that such medium enables conversion of such documents to future electronic imaging technologies and provided that such custodian creates a daily computer-based backup of all archival documents stored on such medium.
(3)
It is the duty of the county governing authorities to furnish the necessary fireproof equipment, microfilming equipment and supplies, or some other safe facility for such county documents.
(4)
On and after January 1, 1985, county documents shall be stored only in accordance with the provisions of this subsection. The local fire marshal in each county shall monitor the various county offices in the county to assure compliance with the provisions of this subsection.
Amended by 2012 Ga. Laws 599,§ I-1-32, eff. 7/1/2012.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 36 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-93-1) › PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO COUNTIES ONLY (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-23-01) › Chapter 9 - COUNTY PROPERTY GENERALLY (§§ 36-9-1 — 36-9-11) › Section 36-9-6 - Courthouse rooms to be used by county officers

The county governing authority shall designate the rooms in the courthouse to be occupied by each of the county officers and enter the same on its minutes, which it may change from time to time as convenience may require.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 36 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-93-1) › PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO COUNTIES ONLY (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-23-01) › Chapter 9 - COUNTY PROPERTY GENERALLY (§§ 36-9-1 — 36-9-11) › Section 36-9-7 - Furnishing of supplies for county offices

It shall be the duty of the county governing authority to furnish fuel, lights, furniture, stationery, records, and office supplies in general for the different county offices of the county, at the expense of the county, provided that this Code section shall apply only to the offices of the officers in the courthouse in the county.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 36 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-93-1) › PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO COUNTIES ONLY (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-23-01) › Chapter 9 - COUNTY PROPERTY GENERALLY (§§ 36-9-1 — 36-9-11) › Section 36-9-8 - Protection of county property by sheriff

The public grounds and other county property are placed in the keeping of the sheriff of the county, subject to the order of the county governing authority; and it is his or her duty to preserve them from injury or waste and to prevent intrusions upon them.
Amended by 2006 Ga. Laws 647,§ 2, eff. 7/1/2006.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 36 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-93-1) › PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO COUNTIES ONLY (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-23-01) › Chapter 9 - COUNTY PROPERTY GENERALLY (§§ 36-9-1 — 36-9-11) › Section 36-9-9 - Construction of county jails

The county jails hereafter constructed shall be of sufficient size and strength to contain and keep securely the prisoners who may be confined therein and shall contain at least two apartments, one for males and one for females, which are properly ventilated so as to secure the health of those confined therein.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 36 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-93-1) › PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO COUNTIES ONLY (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-23-01) › Chapter 9 - COUNTY PROPERTY GENERALLY (§§ 36-9-1 — 36-9-11) › Section 36-9-11 - Destruction or damaging of any county building or its appurtenances or furniture

Any person who designedly destroys, injures, or defaces any public building or its appurtenances or furniture or uses the same for an indecent purpose shall be liable for the damages and shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 36 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-93-1) › PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO COUNTIES ONLY (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-23-01) › Chapter 10 - PUBLIC WORKS CONTRACTS (§§ 36-10-1 — 36-10-3) › Section 36-10-1 - Contracts to be in writing and entered on minutes

All contracts entered into by the county governing authority with other persons in behalf of the county shall be in writing and entered on its minutes.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 36 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-93-1) › PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO COUNTIES ONLY (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-23-01) › Chapter 10 - PUBLIC WORKS CONTRACTS (§§ 36-10-1 — 36-10-3) › Section 36-10-2.1 - Letting by counties with population of 800,000 or more

In any county of this state having a population of 800,000 or more according to the United States decennial census of 2000 or any future such census, contracts for building or repairing any courthouse or other public building, jail, bridge, causeway, or other public works or public property shall be let to the lowest responsible bidder, but the governing authority of any such county shall have the right to reject any or all bids for any such contract. The governing authority of any such county, in considering whether a bidder is responsible, may consider the bidder's quality of work, general reputation in the community, financial responsibility, previous employment on public works, and compliance with a minority business enterprise participation plan or making a good faith effort to comply with the goals of such a plan.
Amended by 2002 Ga. Laws 990, § 1, eff. 7/1/2002.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 36 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-93-1) › PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO COUNTIES ONLY (§§ 36-1-1 — 36-23-01) › Chapter 10 - PUBLIC WORKS CONTRACTS (§§ 36-10-1 — 36-10-3) › Section 36-10-2.2 - Letting by certain counties with population of more than 150,000

In any county having a population of more than 150,000 in any metropolitan statistical area having a population of not less than 260,000 nor more than 360,000 according to the United States decennial census of 1980 or any future such census, contracts for building or repairing any courthouse or other public building, jail, bridge, causeway, or other public works or public property shall be let to the lowest responsible bidder, but the governing authority of any such county shall have the right to reject any or all bids for any such contract. The governing authority of any such county, in considering whether a bidder is responsible, may consider the bidder's quality of work, general reputation in the community, financial responsibility, previous employment on public works, and compliance with a minority business enterprise participation plan or making a good faith effort to comply with the goals of such a plan.