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Home » US Law » 2022 Georgia Code » Title 45 - Public Officers and Employees » Chapter 11 - Miscellaneous Offenses Concerning Public Officers and Employees

§ 45-11-1. Offenses Involving Public Records, Documents, and Other Items

If any public officer or other person shall steal, embezzle, alter, corrupt, withdraw, falsify, or avoid any record, process, charter, gift, grant, conveyance, or contract; or shall knowingly and willfully take off, discharge, or conceal any issue, forfeited recognizance, or other forfeiture; or shall forge, deface, or falsify any document or instrument recorded or any […]

§ 45-11-2. Selling Office or Dividing Fees

If any person who has been elected to any office shall sell or farm out said office; or if any person shall purchase or agree to give any money or other thing of value to a person elected for the privilege of exercising the duties of said office; or if any person shall promise or […]

§ 45-11-3. Assault Under Color of Office

Any officer of this state who shall assault or beat any individual under color of his office or commission without a lawful justification to do so shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. History. Laws 1833, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 806; Code 1863, § 4371; Code 1868, § 4409; Code 1873, § 4477; Code 1882, § […]

§ 45-11-4. Unprofessional Conduct; Misdemeanor; Applicability

As used in this Code section, the term: “County officer” means any elected county officer, including the judge of the probate court, clerk of the superior court, tax receiver, tax collector, and tax commissioner where such office has replaced the tax receiver and tax collector, and any county commissioner. “Municipal officer” means any mayor or […]

§ 45-11-5. Extortion Generally

As used in this Code section, the term “extortion” means an unlawful taking by a public officer, under color of his office, from any person of any money or thing of value that is not due to him or more than is due to him. Any public officer who shall by himself, his deputy, his […]

§ 45-11-6. Demanding More Than Legal Fees for Advertising

Any judge of the probate court, sheriff, coroner, clerk, marshal, or other officer who shall receive, collect, or demand other and greater fees for any legal advertising than are provided by law shall be guilty of extortion as defined in Code Section 45-11-5 and shall be punished as provided in that Code section. History. Ga. […]

§ 45-11-7. Retaining Compensation for Legal Advertisements

If any officer shall directly or indirectly demand or retain as a commission any part of the compensation allowed by law to publishers for publishing legal advertisements, he shall be guilty of extortion as defined in Code Section 45-11-5 and shall be punished as provided in that Code section. History. Ga. L. 1878-79, p. 81, […]

§ 45-11-8. Engaging in Bail Bond Business

It shall be unlawful for any elected official, officer of the court, law enforcement officer, or attorney in this state to engage either directly or indirectly in the bail bond business. For purposes of this Code section, “elected official” shall not include a person who is elected to the local school board. Any person who […]