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The power to appoint notaries public is vested in the clerks of the superior courts and may be exercised by them at any time.

History. Orig. Code 1863, § 1446; Ga. L. 1868, p. 130, § 1; Code 1868, § 1503; Code 1873, § 1497; Code 1882, § 1497; Civil Code 1895, § 498; Civil Code 1910, § 616; Code 1933, § 71-101; Ga. L. 1947, p. 1108, § 1; Ga. L. 1949, p. 1940, § 1; Code 1981, § 45-17-1 ; Ga. L. 1984, p. 1105, § 1; Code 1981, § 45-17-1 .1, as redesignated by Ga. L. 1986, p. 1446, § 1.

Editor’s notes.

Ga. L. 1986, p. 1446, § 1, effective April 11, 1986, in effect redesignated, without change, former § 45-17-1 as this Code section.