{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-15-10-222","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 15-10-222","heading":"Oath of office.","body":"Before entering on the duties of his or her office, a senior magistrate shall subscribe before the judge of the probate court in which he or she is first appointed the oath prescribed in Code Section 45-3-1 and the following oath:\n“I swear or affirm that I will duly and faithfully perform all the duties required of me as senior magistrate and that I will support the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of Georgia.”","path":["TITLE 15 Courts","CHAPTER 10 Magistrate Courts","Article 11 Senior Magistrates"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.15.odt","current_through":"Release 86 (2022-11)","vintage":"Public.Resource.Org bulk O.C.G.A., Release 86 (2022-11), retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T19:34:57Z","sha256":"1fc8d9a1cc2508b08ee500eda3b4af8960b84bb1a9d36b85a2581c625206e2c9","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-15-10-221","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-15-10-223"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}