Georgia § 15-6-51 - Eligibility to serve as other court clerk.

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§ 15-6-51. Eligibility to serve as other court clerk.

The clerk of superior court shall be eligible to hold the office of clerk of the municipal, state, or other court in the counties of their residence, on taking the oath and giving bond and security as prescribed by law. (Ga. L. 1893, p. 106, § 1; Civil Code 1895, § 4349; Civil Code 1910, § 4880; Code 1933, § 24-2703; Ga. L. 1983, p. 884, § 3-11; Ga. L. 2012, p. 173, § 1-3/HB 665.)

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