Within 10 days after the election or appointment and qualification of any county officer authorized by law to take acknowledgments or administer oaths, the clerk of the board of county commissioners of each county shall certify, under seal, to the Secretary of State the fact of election or appointment and qualification of any such officer in that county. The certificate shall be filed in the Office of the Secretary of State as evidence of the official character of such officers.
[Part 31:108:1866; B § 2629; BH § 1666; C § 1812; RL § 2795; NCL § 4795]