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2018 Georgia Code 45-17-1 | Car Wreck Lawyer

Link to State of Georgia Official Statute 2018 Georgia Code Annotated (sourced from legal.resource.org)
O.C.G.A. 45-17-1 Case Law from Google Scholar Amendments to OCGA 45-17-1

TITLE 45 PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

Section 17. Notaries Public, 45-17-1 through 45-17-34.

ARTICLE 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS

45-17-1. Definitions.

As used in this article, the term:

  1. "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 verification, or the certification of a copy.
  2. "Notarial act" means any act that a notary public is authorized by law to perform and includes, without limitation, attestation, the taking of an acknowledgment, the administration of an oath or affirmation, the taking of a verification upon an oath or affirmation, and the certification of a copy.
  3. "Notarial certificate" means the notary's documentation of a notarial act.

(Code 1981, §45-17-1, enacted by Ga. L. 1986, p. 1446, § 1; Ga. L. 1990, p. 8, § 45.)

Editor's notes.

- Ga. L. 1986, p. 1446, § 1, effective April 11, 1986, in effect redesignated former § 45-17-1 as § 45-17-1.1.

Law reviews.

- For annual survey of law of real property, see 38 Mercer L. Rev. 319 (1986).

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

Cited in Lewy v. Beazley, 270 Ga. 11, 507 S.E.2d 721 (1998).

RESEARCH REFERENCES

18B Am. Jur. Pleading and Practice Forms, Notaries Public, § 1.

Cases Citing Georgia Code 45-17-1 From Courtlistener.com

Total Results: 2

Anthony v. American General Financial Services, Inc.

Court: Supreme Court of Georgia | Date Filed: 2010-06-28

Citation: 697 S.E.2d 166, 287 Ga. 448, 2010 Fulton County D. Rep. 2051, 2010 Ga. LEXIS 478

Snippet: affirmation, and the certification of a copy.” OCGA § 45-17-1 (2). Under the current version of OCGA § 45-17-20

Lewy v. Beazley

Court: Supreme Court of Georgia | Date Filed: 1998-10-22

Citation: 270 Ga. 11, 507 S.E.2d 721, 98 Fulton County D. Rep. 3477, 1998 Ga. LEXIS 993

Snippet: 21-2-183 (b). OCGA § 45-17-8 (c). See OCGA § 45-17-1 (2). Poppell, supra. OCGA § 21-2-50 (10)