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

O.C.G.A. § 29-9-13.1 (2019)

(For effective date, see note.) Authentication of documents

✓ 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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Whenever it is required that a document that is to be filed in the court be authenticated or exemplified, such requirement shall be met by complying with the provisions of Code Section 24-9-922 and paragraphs (1) through (4) of Code Section 24-9-902, and such full faith and credit shall be given to the document as is provided in such Code sections.

History

(Code 1981, § 29-9-13.1, enacted by Ga. L. 2004, p. 161, § 1; Ga. L. 2011, p. 99, § 41/HB 24; Ga. L. 2012, p. 775, § 29/HB 942; Ga. L. 2019, p. 693, § 28/HB 70.)

Annotations

Delayed effective date. - This Code section, as set out above, becomes effective January 1, 2020. For version of this Code section in effect until January 1, 2020, see the 2019 amendment note.

The 2019 amendment, effective January 1, 2020, substituted the second occurrence of "that" for "which" near the beginning, and inserted a comma following "24-9-902".

Code Commission notes. - Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 2004, the second Code Section 29-9-13, as enacted by Ga. L. 2005, p. 161, § 1, was redesignated as Code Section 29-9-13.1.

Editor's notes. - Ga. L. 2011, p. 99, § 101/HB 24, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that this Act shall apply to any motion made or hearing or trial commenced on or after January 1, 2013.

Law reviews. - For article, "Evidence," see 27 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 1 (2010). For article on the 2011 amendment of this Code section, see 28 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 1 (2011).