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WHO FILES A FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE STATEMENT:
Each public officer holding office in Georgia, and each person who qualifies as a candidate for election as a public officer for one of the offices listed below, and all others on the following list.
  1. Every constitutional officer;
  2. Every elected state official;
  3. The executive head of every state department or agency, whether elected or appointed;
  4. Each member of the General Assembly;
  5. The executive director of each state authority, board or commission and the members thereof;
  6. Every elected county official, every elected county or area school superintendent, and every elected member of a county or area board of education; and
  7. Every elected municipal officer.
WHEN TO FILE A FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE STATEMENT:

Public Officer:  A Financial Disclosure Statement is filed not before January 1 and not later then July 1 of each year that a public officer holds office (except the year of election).  The information to be provided shall be that from the preceding calendar year.

If the public officer chooses not to run for re-election or for another public office no Financial Disclosure Statement need be filed in the year qualifying to succeed him takes place.  A public officer shall not be deemed to hold the office in a year in which the public officer holds office for less than 15 days.

 

Candidate for Public Office:  A Financial Disclosure Statement covering the period of the preceding calendar year shall be filed no later than the fifteenth day following the date of qualifying as a candidate.  Candidates for state wide office file not later than seven days after qualifying for the office.  Only one Financial Disclosure Statement is required per calendar year.

 
Special requirements for State Wide Candidates:  Candidates for a public office elected state wide must file their Financial Disclosure Statements not later than seven days after qualifying or filing a notice of candidacy.  State wide candidates must disclose more information than other candidates for public office and the additional disclosure sections required of state wide candidates must be completed in the year of election filing.
WHERE TO FILE A FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE STATEMENT: 
Every public officer who is an elected county official and every candidate for election as a county public official will file a Financial Disclosure Statement with the election superintendent of the county of election.
 
Every public officer who is an elected municipal officer and every candidate for election as a municipal public officer will file a Financial Disclosure Statement with the municipal clerk or, if there is no clerk, with the chief executive officer of the municipality of election.
 
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