Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 44. PROPERTY · Chapter 2. RECORDATION AND REGISTRATION OF DEEDS AND OTHER INSTRUMENTS · Article 1. RECORDING · Part 2. Uniform Real Property Electronic Recording

44-2-37. Electronic documents treated as original; electronic signatures acceptable.

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

(a)
An electronic document prepared and filed in compliance with this part shall satisfy any requirement as a condition for recording that a document be an original, on paper or another tangible medium, or in writing.#
(b)
An electronic signature shall satisfy any requirement as a condition for recording that a document be signed.#
(c)
A requirement that a document or a signature associated with a document be notarized, acknowledged, verified, witnessed, or made under oath is satisfied if the electronic signature of the person authorized to perform that act, and all other information required to be included by other applicable law, is attached to or logically associated with the document or signature. A physical or electronic image of a stamp, impression, or seal need not accompany an electronic signature.#

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, § 44-2-37, enacted by Ga. L. 2009, p. 695, § 1/HB 127.

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Text read from t44-ch1-7-(v31)-2010-pdf.pdf, Volume V31, 2010 edition, page 87; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 490191d3dc54.

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