§ 45-17-12. Authority of Notaries Who Are Stockholders, Directors, Officers, or Employees of Banks or Other Corporations to Witness Execution of Written Instruments
As used in this Code section, the term: “Bank” or “other corporation” means a bank or other corporation organized under the laws of this or any other state or the United States. “Written instrument,” without limiting the generality of meaning of such words, means deeds, mortgages, bills of sale to secure debt, deeds to secure […]
§ 45-17-13. Change of Residence, Address, or Name
Every notary public shall notify in writing the appointing clerk of superior court and provide a copy of such notice to the Georgia Superior Court Clerks’ Cooperative Authority of any change in the notary’s residence or business address, whichever was used for the purpose of appointment, and of any change in the notary’s telephone number. […]
§ 45-17-14. Notice of Loss or Theft of Notarial Seal
Within ten days of the loss or theft of an official notarial seal, the notary public shall send to the appointing clerk of superior court, with a copy to the Georgia Superior Court Clerks’ Cooperative Authority, a written notice of the loss or theft. History. Code 1981, § 45-17-14 , enacted by Ga. L. 1984, […]
§ 45-17-15. Revocation of Commission; Denial of Reappointment
The appointing clerk of superior court may by letter, with a copy to the Georgia Superior Court Clerks’ Cooperative Authority, revoke the commission or deny the reappointment of any notary public who: Violates any provision of this chapter; Performs any notarial act in violation of Code Section 45-17-8; Is found to have submitted an application […]
§ 45-17-16. Revocation of Commission; Return of Papers; Destruction of Seal
Within ten days after receiving notice from the appointing clerk of superior court that a notarial commission has been revoked, an individual shall send or deliver to the appointing clerk of superior court all papers of appointment. Such individual shall also destroy the official notarial seal. History. Code 1981, § 45-17-16 , enacted by Ga. […]
§ 45-17-17. Resignation of Commission; Return of Papers; Destruction of Seal
A person who wishes to resign a notarial commission shall send a signed letter of resignation to the appointing clerk of superior court, with a copy to the Georgia Superior Court Clerks’ Cooperative Authority, and all papers of appointment. The resigning notary public shall destroy the official notarial seal. History. Code 1981, § 45-17-17 , […]
§ 45-17-4. Fees; Secretary of State to Keep Record of Notaries Appointed; Reappointment
Before a certificate shall be issued to a notary public, he or she shall pay to the clerk of the superior court the sum prescribed by Code Section 15-6-77, relating to fees of clerks of the superior courts, from which amount the clerk shall be entitled to cover his or her services in issuing the […]
§ 45-17-5. Term of Office; Revocation; Renewal of Commission; Issuance of Certificates of Appointment; Record of Appointments; Misrepresentation as Notary
Each notary public shall hold office for four years, subject to revocation at any time by the clerk of the superior court, at the end of which time, on petition, his commission may be renewed by order of the clerk for a like term. Renewal of a notary public commission may be done in person […]
§ 45-17-6. Seal of Office
For the authentication of his notarial acts each notary public must provide a seal of office, which seal shall have for its impression his name, the words “Notary Public,” the name of the state, and the county of his residence; or it shall have for its impression his name and the words “Notary Public, Georgia, […]
§ 45-17-1. Definitions
As used in this article, the term: “Attesting” and “attestation” are synonymous and mean the notarial act of witnessing or attesting a signature or execution of a deed or other written instrument, where such notarial act does not involve the taking of an acknowledgment, the administering of an oath or affirmation, the taking of a […]