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2024 CODE OF GEORGIA
Title 45 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 45-1-1 — 45-25-7)
Chapter 17 - NOTARIES PUBLIC (§§ 45-17-1 — 45-17-34)
Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 45-17-1 — 45-17-20)
- Section 45-17-1 - Definitions
- Section 45-17-1.1 - Power to appoint notaries public
- Section 45-17-2 - Qualifications of notaries
- Section 45-17-2.1 - Application to be a notary; endorsements and declarations
- Section 45-17-2.2 - Application information to be matter of public record
- Section 45-17-2.3 - Grant or denial of commission or recommission; grounds; unauthorized practice of law
- Section 45-17-3 - Oath of office
- Section 45-17-4 - Fees; Secretary of State to keep record of notaries appointed; reappointment
- Section 45-17-5 - Term of office; revocation; renewal of commission; issuance of certificates of appointment; record of appointments; misrepresentation as notary
- Section 45-17-6 - Seal of office
- Section 45-17-7 - Commissioning of nonresidents as notaries; powers and duties
- Section 45-17-8 - Powers and duties generally
- Section 45-17-8.1 - Signature and date of notarial act
- Section 45-17-8.2 - Misrepresentation prohibited; required notice; posting of schedule of fees; penalties
- Section 45-17-9 - Where notarial acts may be exercised
- Section 45-17-10 - Notary's authority in relation to attachment, garnishment, or dispossessory action
- Section 45-17-11 - Fees of notaries
- Section 45-17-12 - Authority of notaries who are stockholders, directors, officers, or employees of banks or other corporations to witness execution of written instruments
- Section 45-17-13 - Change of residence, address, or name
- Section 45-17-14 - Notice of loss or theft of notarial seal
- Section 45-17-15 - Revocation of commission; denial of reappointment
- Section 45-17-16 - Revocation of commission; return of papers; destruction of seal
- Section 45-17-17 - Resignation of commission; return of papers; destruction of seal
- Section 45-17-18 - Destruction of seal upon expiration or denial of renewal of commission
- Section 45-17-19 - Authenticity of official signature and term of office; fees; apostille
- Section 45-17-20 - Penalty; prosecution of violations of article
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