Official Code of Georgia Annotated

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

45-17-20. Penalty; prosecution of violations of article.

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(a)
Any person who violates subsection (d) of Code Section 45-17-8 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.#
(b)
Any person who performs any notarial service without complying with the provisions of this article shall, upon the first or second conviction, be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon a third or subsequent conviction be guilty of a felony, punishable by imprisonment of not less than one year nor more than five years, a fine of up to $5,000.00, or both.#

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.

Code 1981, § 45-17-20, enacted by Ga. L. 1984, p. 1105, § 1; Ga. L. 1985, p. 149, § 45; Ga. L. 2007, p. 221, § 4/HB 274.

Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 2007, ‘‘of’’ was substituted for ‘‘or’’ following ‘‘guilty’’ in subsection (b).

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Text read from t45-(v33)-2016-pdf.pdf, Volume V33, 2016 edition, pages 494 to 495; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 7dfce9a0fd88.