Collection Before Bond Given and Oath Taken; Penalty

  1. Law
  2. Georgia Code
  3. Revenue and Taxation
  4. Ad Valorem Taxation of Property
  5. County Tax Officials and Administration
  6. Tax Collectors
  7. Collection Before Bond Given and Oath Taken; Penalty

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  1. It shall be unlawful for any tax collector or tax commissioner to collect or attempt to collect any tax before he has given and had approved the necessary bond and security and has taken the oaths of office.
  2. Any person who violates subsection (a) of this Code section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

(Laws 1826, Cobb's 1851 Digest, p. 1026; Code 1863, § 839; Code 1868, § 918; Code 1873, § 916; Code 1882, § 916; Ga. L. 1895, p. 63, § 2; Penal Code 1895, § 273; Penal Code 1910, § 276; Code 1933, § 92-9917; Code 1933, § 91A-9909, enacted by Ga. L. 1978, p. 309, § 2.)

Cross references.

- Official bonds, T. 45, C. 4.

RESEARCH REFERENCES

Am. Jur. 2d.

- 72 Am. Jur. 2d, State and Local Taxation, §§ 769, 771.

C.J.S.

- 85 C.J.S., Taxation, § 1148.


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