O.C.G.A.
O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 16-10-7 (2019)

False acknowledgments, certificates, or statements of appearance or oath by officer authorized to do same

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)
Code text and O.C.G.A. statutory annotations on this page reflect the 2019 Official Code of Georgia Annotated (Public.Resource.Org Release 73, 2019-08-21; public domain per Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, 2020). The Syfert case-law annotations in Notes of Decisions, below, are current.
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Any officer authorized to administer oaths or to take and certify acknowledgments who knowingly makes a false acknowledgment, certificate, or statement concerning the appearance before him or the taking of an oath or affirmation by any person is guilty of a misdemeanor.

History

(Ga. L. 1959, p. 34, § 14; Code 1933, § 26-2310, enacted by Ga. L. 1968, p. 1249, § 1.)

Annotations

Cross references. - Notaries public generally, T. 45, C. 17. OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL Maintenance of records by Georgia Crime Information Center regarding violations of former Code 1933, § 26-2310

(see now O.C.G.A. § 16-10-7). See 1976 Op. Att’y Gen. No. 76-33.