2025 Code of Georgia
Title 21 - Elections (Chs. 1 — 5)
Chapter 2 - Elections and Primaries Generally (Arts. 1 — 15)
Article 15 - Miscellaneous Offenses (§§ 21-2-560 — 21-2-604)
§ 21-2-596. Failure of public or political officer to perform duty
Any public officer or any officer of a political party or body on whom a duty is laid by this chapter who willfully neglects or refuses to perform his or her duty shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
History
Code 1933, § 34-1935, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, Ex. Sess., p. 26, § 1; Ga. L. 1998, p. 295, § 1.
Annotations
JUDICIAL DECISIONS
Requirement that additional registration places be advertised. —Former Code 1933, § 34-610 (see now O.C.G.A. § 21-2-218(d)) may be enforced as to future registration by mandamus or injunction against the registrars and in any instance where it is willfully abrogated by the responsible public officers, they are subject to criminal prosecution under former Code 1933, § 34-1935 (see now O.C.G.A. § 21-2-596). Malone v. Tison, 248 Ga. 209, 282 S.E.2d 84, 1981 Ga. LEXIS 952 (1981).
Opinion Notes
OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL Fingerprinting not required. —An offense under O.C.G.A. § 21-2-596 would not be designated as one which requires fingerprinting. 1998 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 98-20.
Research References & Practice Aids
RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d.26 Am. Jur. 2d, Elections, § 449.
C.J.S.29 C.J.S., Elections, § 573.
Hierarchy Notes:O.C.G.A. Title 21
O.C.G.A. Title 21, Ch. 2
O.C.G.A. Title 21, Ch. 2, Art. 15
