§ 45-6-14 - Duty of incumbent to deliver office property to successor -- Failure of officer to deliver office property
O.C.G.A. 45-6-14 (2010)
45-6-14. Duty of incumbent to deliver office property to successor -- Failure of officer to deliver office property
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.