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title: O.C.G.A. § 45-17-10. Notary’s authority in relation to attachment, garnishment, or dispossessory action.
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# O.C.G.A. § 45-17-10. Notary’s authority in relation to attachment, garnishment, or dispossessory action.

It shall not be lawful for notaries public to issue attachments or garnishments, to approve bonds for the purpose of issuing attachments or garnishments, or to issue a summons in a dispossessory case; but a notary may attest an affidavit in an attachment, garnishment, or dispossessory action; provided, however, no writ or summons in said matter shall issue without first having judicial approval as provided by law.

## History

Ga. L. 1893, p. 117, § 1; Civil Code 1895, § 504; Civil Code 1910, § 622; Code 1933, § 71-109; Ga. L. 1947, p. 1108, § 1; Ga. L. 1984, p. 1105, § 1; Ga. L. 1986, p. 1446, § 8.

## Code Commission Notes

Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1986, a comma was inserted following ‘‘to issue attachments or garnishments’’.