Qualifications and compensation

(a)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, the county administrator shall have attained the age of 21 years and shall have been for at least one year a domiciliary of the county of appointment. (2) If the individual to be appointed as county administrator is an active member in good standing of the State Bar of Georgia, such individual need not be a domiciliary of the county but only a domiciliary of this state. (b) If the county governing authority consents, county administrators and ex officio county guardians may be paid an annual fee for so serving. The amount of any such fee shall be established by agreement of the county governing authority, the probate court, and the individual so serving. Any such fee shall be in addition to commissions authorized under other provisions of law. History. — Code 1981, § 53-6-36, enacted by Ga. L. 1996, p. 504, § 10. COMMENT This section carries forward the substance of former OCGA Sec. 53-6-91. The provision of former OCGA Sec. 53-6-91(b), relating to the eligibility of the clerk of the superior court to serve as county administrator, is repealed as unnecessary in light of the provisions of Code Sec. 53-6-39. 53-6-37. Term; vacancies; discharge of duties after expiration of term or removal from office; resignation. (a) The term of office of a county administrator shall be four years and shall expire on the first Monday in March or when a successor is appointed and qualified. All vacancies in the office, whether by death, resignation, removal from the county, or removal from office, shall be filled by the probate court for the unexpired term. (b) When the term of a county administrator has expired or when a county administrator has been removed from office, the county administrator shall nevertheless continue to discharge the duties of administrator of all estates remaining in the administrator’s hands unless the letters of administration are revoked. (c) A county administrator may resign the office as other administrators are allowed by law to do so. 546 53-6-39 History. — Code 1981, § 53-6-37, enacted by Ga. L. 1996, p. 504, § 10. COMMENT Subsection (a) carries forward former OCGA Sec. 53-6-92. Subsection (b) carries forward former OCGA Sec. 53-6-101. Subsection (c) carries forward former OCGA Sec. 53-6-100. 53-6-38. Administration of unrepresented estate by county administrator.