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2023 CODE OF GEORGIA
Title 45 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 45-1-1 — 45-25-7)
Chapter 6 - POWERS AND DUTIES GENERALLY (§§ 45-6-1 — 45-6-14)
Section 45-6-14 - Duty of incumbent to deliver office property to successor - Failure to deliver office property
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GA Code § 45-6-14 (2023)
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After the expiration of his term, if any officer shall willfully and unlawfully withhold or detain from his successor the books, papers, or other office property belonging to his office or if he shall mutilate, destroy, take away, or otherwise prevent the complete possession by his successor of such books, papers, or other office property, then he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
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