{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-36-7-3","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 36-7-3","heading":"Procedure when election fails to fill office; procedure in event of vacancy.","body":"(a) Whenever an election fails to fill the office of county surveyor, the judge of the probate court shall appoint a person to serve as the county surveyor until a successor is duly elected in a special election which shall be held at the time of the next general election to serve out the remainder of the unexpired term of office.\n(b) In the event that a vacancy occurs in the office of county surveyor, the judge of the probate court shall appoint a person to serve for the unexpired term of office and until his successor is duly elected and has qualified.","path":["TITLE 36 Local Government","Provisions Applicable to Counties Only","CHAPTER 7 County Surveyor"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.36.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":"9cfa6c922ad67d09b11601dbc759b5a25befe4b981cbae5feae632532199fe29","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-36-7-2.1","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-36-7-4"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}