Section 15-18-3. Qualifications

   To be eligible to fill the office of district attorney, a person must:

   (1) Have been a resident citizen of this state three years just preceding his election or appointment;

   (2) Permanently reside in the circuit at the time of his election or appointment;

   (3) Have attained the age of 25 years;

   (4) Have been duly admitted and licensed to practice law in the superior courts for at least three years; and

   (5) If previously disbarred from the practice of law, have been reinstated as provided by law.

Laws 1841, Cobb's 1851 Digest, p. 1122; Laws 1850, Cobb's 1851 Digest, p. 1036; Code 1863, § 349; Code 1868, § 410; Code 1873, § 375; Ga. L. 1877, p. 13, § 1; Code 1882, § 375; Civil Code 1895, § 4390; Civil Code 1910, § 4924; Code 1933, § 24-2901; Ga. L. 1964, p. 362, § 1.