O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 29-9-13.1 (2019)

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 which 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.)

Annotations

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 ap-

ply 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).