COUNTY COMMISSIONER Qualifications 1. Must have been a resident of the county in which seeking the office for at least 12 months prior to election or appointment. O.C.G.A. §§ 45-2-1, 21-2-6 Annotations: i. The residency requirement refers to domicile. There must be either the tacit or explicit intention to change one’s domicile before one can change his legal residence. If a person leaves the place of his domicile temporarily, or for a particular purpose, and does not take up an actual residence elsewhere with the avowed intention of making a change in his domicile, he will not be considered as having changed his domicile. Haggard v. Graham, 142 Ga. App. 498, 236 S.E.2d 92 (1977). ii. A candidate for office of county commissioner must be a resident for a period of months prior to his or her election but does not have to reside in the commission district from which he or she seeks election for that period. Op. Atty. Gen. 86-23. iii. A county is not authorized to establish more stringent residency requirements for election of county commissioners than the requirements in the O.C.G.A. Op. Atty. Gen. 97-27. 2. Must be a qualified voter. O.C.G.A. § 21-2-6 3. Must be a citizen of the state and must have attained the age of 21 years; provided, however, that upon passage of appropriate local ordinances, citizens of the state who are otherwise qualified and are at least 18 years of age shall be eligible to hold any county office, except offices of a judicial nature. O.C.G.A. §§ 45-2-1, 21-2-6
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