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Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 45. PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES · Chapter 17. NOTARIES PUBLIC · Article 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS

45-17-17. Resignation of commission; return of papers; destruction of seal.

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  1. A person who wishes to resign a notarial commission shall send a signed letter of resignation to the appointing clerk of superior court, with a copy to the Georgia Superior Court Clerks’ Cooperative Authority, and all papers of appointment. The resigning notary public shall destroy the official notarial seal.

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, § 45-17-17, enacted by Ga. L. 1984, p. 1105, § 1; Ga. L. 1997, p. 673, § 3.

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Text read from t45-(v33)-2016-pdf.pdf, Volume V33, 2016 edition, page 494; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 7dfce9a0fd88.