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title: O.C.G.A. § 14-3-129. Penalty for signing false document; signing of document.
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# O.C.G.A. § 14-3-129. Penalty for signing false document; signing of document.

(a) A person who signs a document he or she knows is false in any material respect with intent that the document be delivered to the Secretary of State for filing shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine not to exceed $500.00.

(b) A document filed under this chapter may be signed by an attorney in fact. Whenever this chapter requires a particular individual to sign a document and the individual is deceased or incompetent, the document may be signed by a legal representative of the individual.

(c) A person who signs a document as an attorney in fact or legal representative affirms as a fact that such person is authorized to sign the document.

## History

Code 1981, § 14-3-129, enacted by Ga. L. 1991, p. 465, § 1; Ga. L. 2004, p. 508, § 66; Ga. L. 2023, p. 419, § 1-1/SB 148, effective July 1, 2023.

## Amendments

The 2023 amendment, effective July 1, 2023, designated the former provisions of this Code section as subsection (a) and added subsections (b) and (c).