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title: O.C.G.A. § 45-4-16. Manner in which power of attorney to be attested and filed where bond signed by attorney in fact.
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# O.C.G.A. § 45-4-16. Manner in which power of attorney to be attested and filed where bond signed by attorney in fact.

When an official bond is signed by an attorney in fact, the power of attorney shall be attested by the judge of the probate court and filed and recorded in the same manner as the bond.

## History

Orig. Code 1863, § 147; Code 1868, § 142; Code 1873, § 153; Code 1882, § 153; Civil Code 1895, § 249; Civil Code 1910, § 284; Code 1933, § 89-417.