Georgia § 15-16-4 - 1. Actions in violation of oath.
Full text of Georgia Official Code of Georgia Annotated § 15-16-4 — 1. Actions in violation of oath., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 15-16-4. 1. Actions in violation of oath.
Without limiting the generality of the oath set out in Code Section 15-16-4, it shall be a violation of a sheriff's oath of office for any sheriff to engage either directly or indirectly in a private security, private investigation, bail bonding, or wrecker towing business in the county in which the sheriff has jurisdiction. As used in this Code section, "engaging indirectly" in such a business shall include the engagement in a prohibited business by the spouse or an unemancipated child of a sheriff. (Code 1981, § 15-16-4.1 , enacted by Ga. L. 2003, p. 320, § 1.)
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