Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 45. PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES · Chapter 17. NOTARIES PUBLIC · Article 2. OFFICERS OF ARMED FORCES AS EX OFFICIO NOTARIES

45-17-34. Signature, rank, and branch of officer as proof of authority; action by officer as prima-facie evidence.

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If the signature, rank, and branch of service, or subdivision thereof, of any commissioned officer provided for in Code Section 45-17-30 appears upon any instrument, document, or certificate, no further proof of the authority of such officer so to act shall be required; and such action by such commissioned officer shall be prima-facie evidence that the person making such oath or acknowledgment is within the purview of Code Sections 45-17-30 through 45-17-33 and this Code section.

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.

Ga. L. 1945, p. 360, § 1; Ga. L. 1990, p. 8, § 45.

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