O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 50-3-31 (2019)

Authority to use and display

✓ 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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In addition to official documents which require that the great seal be affixed, the Governor may authorize the use and display of the great seal or a facsimile of the state emblem under such conditions as he may impose when there shall be demonstrated to his satisfaction that the intended use or display thereof is appropriate and legitimate and is not contrary to the state’s interest in preserving the sanctity and dignity of the state seal and emblem and that the use or display will not otherwise violate Code Section 50-3-8 or 50-3-9.

History

Ga. L. 1979, p. 411, § 1.

Annotations

OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL Use of seal prohibited. - Great seal of Georgia may not be used upon the cover of a textbook privately published and of-

fered for sale. 1954-56 Ga. Op. Att’y Gen. 638.

RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. 3 Am. Jur. 2d, Advertising, § 4. 35A Am. Jur. 2d, Flag, § 3 et seq. 72 Am. Jur. 2d, States, Territories, and Dependencies, § 65.

C.J.S. 36A C.J.S., Flags, §§ 3, 4. 81A C.J.S., States, § 79.