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Official Code of Georgia Annotated

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

45-17-2. Qualifications of notaries.

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

  1. (a)

    Any individual applying for appointment to be a notary public shall:#

    1. (1)

      Be at least 18 years old;#

    2. (2)

      Be a United States citizen or be a legal resident of the United States;#

    3. (3)

      Be a legal resident of the county from which such individual is appointed;#

    4. (4)

      Have, and provide at the time of the application, the applicant’s operating telephone number; and#

    5. (5)

      Be able to read and write the English language.#

  2. (b)

    The qualification of paragraph (3) of subsection (a) of this Code section shall not apply to any nonresident individual applying for appointment as a notary public under the provisions of Code Section 45-17-7.#

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

Orig. Code 1863, § 1449; Code 1868, § 1506; Code 1873, § 1500; Code 1882, § 1500; Civil Code 1895, § 501; Civil Code 1910, § 619; Code 1933, § 71-102; Ga. L. 1947, p. 1108, § 1; Ga. L. 1949, p. 1940, § 2; Ga. L. 1953, Nov.-Dec. Sess., p. 330, § 1; Ga. L. 1984, p. 1105, § 1; Ga. L. 1985, p. 1469, § 1; Ga. L. 1986, p. 1446, § 2; Ga. L. 2007, p. 221, § 1/HB 274.

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

Text read from t45-(v33)-2016-pdf.pdf, Volume V33, 2016 edition, pages 475 to 476; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 7dfce9a0fd88.