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Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 10. COMMERCE AND TRADE · Chapter 6B. GEORGIA POWER OF ATTORNEY · Article 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS

10-6B-5. Execution of power of attorney.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

  1. (a)

    A power of attorney shall be:#

    1. (1)

      Signed by the principal or by another individual in such principal’s presence at the principal’s express direction;#

    2. (2)

      Attested in the presence of the principal by a competent witness who is not also named as an agent in the power of attorney being attested; and#

    3. (3)

      Attested as set forth in Code Section 44-2-15, in the presence of the principal, by an individual who is not a witness for purposes of paragraph (2) of this subsection and who is not also named as an agent in the power of attorney being attested.#

  2. (b)

    The individuals provided for in paragraphs (2) and (3) of subsection (a) of this Code section shall not be required to attest to the signature of any person other than the principal or the individual signing at the principal’s express direction.#

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Code 1981, § 10-6B-5, enacted by Ga. L. 2017, p. 435, § 2-1/HB 221; Ga. L. 2018, p. 520, § 4/HB 897; Ga. L. 2018, p. 1112, § 10/SB 365.

Editor's notes

For application of this statute in 2020 and 2021, see Executive Orders 04.09.20.01, 06.30.21.02, 07.22.21.02, 08.19.21.02, and 09.20.21.02.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

Text read from t10-(v8)-2024-pdf.pdf, Volume V8, 2024 edition, page 1091; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 7afbade16da7.