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2025 Code of Georgia
Title 45 - Public Officers and Employees (Chs. 1 — 25)
Chapter 17 - Notaries Public (Arts. 1 — 2)
Article 1 - General Provisions (§§ 45-17-1 — 45-17-20)
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Editor’s notes.Ga. L. 1984, p. 1105, § 1, effective July 1, 1985, repealed the Code sections formerly codified at this article and enacted the current article. The effect of this repeal and reenactment was to amend the existing Code sections in this article (or restate them without change) and to enact certain new Code sections.
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- § 45-17-1. Definitions
- § 45-17-1.1. Power to appoint notaries public
- § 45-17-2. Qualifications of notaries
- § 45-17-2.1. Application to be a notary; endorsements and declarations
- § 45-17-2.2. Application information to be matter of public record
- § 45-17-2.3. Grant or denial of commission or recommission; grounds; unauthorized practice of law
- § 45-17-3. Oath of office
- § 45-17-4. Fees; Secretary of State to keep record of notaries appointed; reappointment
- § 45-17-5. Term of office; revocation; renewal of commission; issuance of certificates of appointment; record of appointments; misrepresentation as notary
- § 45-17-6. Seal of office
- § 45-17-7. Commissioning of nonresidents as notaries; powers and duties
- § 45-17-8. Powers and duties generally
- § 45-17-8.1. Signature and date of notarial act
- § 45-17-8.2. Misrepresentation prohibited; required notice; posting of schedule of fees; penalties
- § 45-17-9. Where notarial acts may be exercised
- § 45-17-10. Notary’s authority in relation to attachment, garnishment, or dispossessory action
- § 45-17-11. Fees of notaries
- § 45-17-12. Authority of notaries who are stockholders, directors, officers, or employees of banks or other corporations to witness execution of written instruments
- § 45-17-13. Change of residence, address, or name
- § 45-17-14. Notice of loss or theft of notarial seal
- § 45-17-15. Revocation of commission; denial of reappointment
- § 45-17-16. Revocation of commission; return of papers; destruction of seal
- § 45-17-17. Resignation of commission; return of papers; destruction of seal
- § 45-17-18. Destruction of seal upon expiration or denial of renewal of commission
- § 45-17-19. Authenticity of official signature and term of office; fees; apostille
- § 45-17-20. Penalty; prosecution of violations of article
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