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GA Code § 45-16-62 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 45 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 16 - Coroners|Article 3 - Georgia Coroner's Training Council|§ 45-16-62. Council Established; Membership; Terms of Office; Curriculum Advisory Committee; Filling of Vacancies

  There is established a council which shall be known and designated as the "Georgia Coroner's Training Council" which shall be composed of the superintendent of the Georgia Police Academy or his designee, which member shall not be a voting member; five coroners appointed by the Board of Public Safety, three of whom will be selected from a list of five persons recommended by the Georgia Coroner's Association; and one physician trained in forensic pathology and appointed by the Board of Public Safety, which physician member shall not be a voting member of the council but shall advise the council regarding the training course curriculum for coroners. The term of office of the physician member appointed in 1990 shall begin September 1, 1990, and that and all subsequent terms for that office shall be for four years and until the appointment and qualification of a successor. The five coroners appointed shall serve for terms of four years. The term of office of the member initially appointed in 1987 shall begin September 1, 1987. Upon the expiration of a member's term of office, such member shall continue to serve on the council until his successor is appointed and qualified. Any person, other than the physician member, appointed to the council who ceases to serve as a coroner shall be ineligible to continue service on the council. The Georgia Police Academy shall establish a curriculum advisory committee to provide information beneficial to the development of courses at the Georgia Police Academy. Members of the committee will be selected by the superintendent of the Georgia Police Academy.   Membership on the council does not constitute public office, and no member shall be disqualified from holding office by reason of his membership.   Vacancies on the council shall be filled as provided in subsection (a) of this Code section for the remainder of the unexpired term.     (Code 1981, §45-16-62, enacted by Ga. L. 1985, p. 797, § 1; Ga. L. 1987, p. 340, § 1; Ga. L. 1990, p. 333, § 2; Ga. L. 1990, p. 1735, § 4.)
GA Code § 45-16-63 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 45 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 16 - Coroners|Article 3 - Georgia Coroner's Training Council|§ 45-16-63. Oath of Office; Issuance of Certificates of Appointment

 Immediately and before entering upon the duties of office, the members of the council shall take the oath of office and shall file the same with the Board of Public Safety, which, upon receiving the oath of office, shall issue to each member a certificate of appointment.    (Code 1981, §45-16-63, enacted by Ga. L. 1985, p. 797, § 1; Ga. L. 1986, p. 10, § 45.)
GA Code § 45-16-64 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 45 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 16 - Coroners|Article 3 - Georgia Coroner's Training Council|§ 45-16-64. Council Officers; Quorum; Record Keeping; Annual Reports

  The council at its initial meeting, which shall be held promptly after the appointment of its members, shall elect from among its members a chairman and a vice-chairman who shall serve until the first meeting in the succeeding year. Thereafter, the chairman and the vice-chairman shall be elected at the first meeting of each calendar year.   The superintendent of the Georgia Police Academy or his designee shall serve as secretary to the council.   A simple majority of the councilmembers shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.   The council shall maintain minutes of its meetings and such other records as it deems necessary.   The council shall report at least annually to the Board of Public Safety and to the General Assembly as to its activities.     (Code 1981, §45-16-64, enacted by Ga. L. 1985, p. 797, § 1; Ga. L. 1987, p. 340, § 2; Ga. L. 1990, p. 1967, § 1; Ga. L. 2002, p. 415, § 45.)
GA Code § 45-16-65 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 45 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 16 - Coroners|Article 3 - Georgia Coroner's Training Council|§ 45-16-65. Powers and Duties of Council Generally

 The council is vested with the following functions, powers, and responsibilities:    To make all the necessary rules and regulations to carry out this article;   To cooperate with and secure the cooperation of every department, agency, or instrumentality of the state government or its political subdivisions in furtherance of the purposes of this article;   To approve schools and to prescribe minimum qualifications for instructors at approved schools;   To issue a certificate of certification to any coroner satisfactorily complying with an approved training program;   To withdraw or suspend the certification of any coroner who has performed or is performing the duties of a coroner in violation of this chapter;   To do any and all things necessary or convenient to enable it wholly and adequately to perform its duties and to exercise the power granted to it;   To review complaints from outside parties and make recommendations concerning the retention, suspension, or removal of a coroner from his or her position; and   To prescribe, by rules and regulations, the minimum requirements for curricula and standards composing the initial in-service, advanced, specialized, and continuing training courses for certification.     (Code 1981, §45-16-65, enacted by Ga. L. 1985, p. 797, § 1; Ga. L. 1986, p. 10, § 45; Ga. L. 1990, p. 333, § 3; Ga. L. 2019, p. 803, § 1/SB 154.)    The 2019 amendment,  effective July 1, 2019, deleted "and" at the end of paragraph (6), added paragraph (7), and redesignated former paragraph (7) as present paragraph (8).
GA Code § 45-16-66 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 45 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 16 - Coroners|Article 3 - Georgia Coroner's Training Council|§ 45-16-66. Annual Training Requirement for Certified Coroners; Fees

  In order to maintain the status of a certified coroner, each person certified as such shall complete such additional training per annum during each year in which he or she serves as coroner as provided by the Georgia Coroner's Training Council in its rules and regulations, but such training course shall not be less than 16 hours per year.Each coroner and deputy coroner shall file a certificate of additional training with such council.   No person serving as a coroner shall charge or collect any fee, charge, or cost of any kind for his services, including those fees specified in this article, unless such person is a certified coroner.     (Code 1981, §45-16-66, enacted by Ga. L. 1985, p. 797, § 1; Ga. L. 1989, p. 14, § 45; Ga. L. 1990, p. 333, § 4; Ga. L. 1990, p. 1735, § 5; Ga. L. 1994, p. 356, § 2.)   Cross references.   - Participation in training courses, § 45-16-6.   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL   Number of training hours required.    - O.C.G.A. §§ 45-16-6 and45-16-66(a) should be construed as requiring coroners in Georgia to take 32 hours of training per year, beginning on July 1, 1990; legislation which purported to require 24 hours of training, effective January 1, 1991, was repealed by a subsequent enactment of the General Assembly during the same session. 1990 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 90-41.
GA Code § 45-16-67 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 45 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 16 - Coroners|Article 3 - Georgia Coroner's Training Council|§ 45-16-67. Actions to Restrain Violations of This Article

 On its own initiative or on the verified complaint of any person that a person has performed or is performing the duties of coroner in violation of this article, the council may file an action seeking equitable relief in its own name in the superior court of any county in this state having jurisdiction of such person. Such action shall allege the facts and pray for a temporary restraining order and temporary injunction against such person restraining him from violating this article. Upon proof thereof, the court shall issue a restraining order, temporary injunction, or permanent injunction without requiring allegation or proof that the plaintiff has no adequate remedy at law. The right of injunction provided for in this Code section shall be in addition to any other remedy which the council has.    (Code 1981, §45-16-67, enacted by Ga. L. 1985, p. 797, § 1.)
GA Code § 45-17-1 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 45 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 17 - Notaries Public|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 45-17-1. (See Editor's notes.) Definitions

 As used in this article, the term:    "Attesting" and "attestation" are synonymous and mean the notarial act of witnessing or attesting a signature or execution of a deed or other written instrument, where such notarial act does not involve the taking of an acknowledgment, the administering of an oath or affirmation, the taking of a verification, or the certification of a copy.   "Notarial act" means any act that a notary public is authorized by law to perform and includes, without limitation, attestation, the taking of an acknowledgment, the administration of an oath or affirmation, the taking of a verification upon an oath or affirmation, and the certification of a copy.   "Notarial certificate" means the notary's documentation of a notarial act.     (Code 1981, §45-17-1, enacted by Ga. L. 1986, p. 1446, § 1; Ga. L. 1990, p. 8, § 45.)   For application of this statute in 2020, see Executive Order 03.31.20.01.   A listing of Executive Orders issued in 2020 and 2021 can be found at https://gov.georgia.gov/executive-action/executive-orders.    Ga. L. 1986, p. 1446, § 1, effective April 11, 1986, in effect redesignated former § 45-17-1 as § 45-17-1.1.   Law reviews.   - For annual survey of law of real property, see 38 Mercer L. Rev. 319 (1986).   JUDICIAL DECISIONS    Cited in Lewy v. Beazley, 270 Ga. 11, 507 S.E.2d 721 (1998).   RESEARCH REFERENCES   18B Am. Jur. Pleading and Practice Forms, Notaries Public, § 1.
GA Code § 45-17-1.1 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 45 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 17 - Notaries Public|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 45-17-1.1. Power to Appoint Notaries Public

 The power to appoint notaries public is vested in the clerks of the superior courts and may be exercised by them at any time.    (Orig. Code 1863, § 1446; Ga. L. 1868, p. 130, § 1; Code 1868, § 1503; Code 1873, § 1497; Code 1882, § 1497; Civil Code 1895, § 498; Civil Code 1910, § 616; Code 1933, § 71-101; Ga. L. 1947, p. 1108, § 1; Ga. L. 1949, p. 1940, § 1; Code 1981, §45-17-1; Ga. L. 1984, p. 1105, § 1; Code 1981, §45-17-1.1, as redesignated by Ga. L. 1986, p. 1446, § 1.)   Editor's notes.   - Ga. L. 1986, p. 1446, § 1, effective April 11, 1986, in effect redesignated, without change, former § 45-17-1 as this Code section.   JUDICIAL DECISIONS   Proof of appointment.    - When a writing has been admitted to record upon the probate of an alleged notary, and it is proved that the minutes fail to show an order appointing the notary, the burden is upon the party offering the writing to show that the alleged officer was legally appointed. Perry v. Kennon, 16 Ga. App. 545, 85 S.E. 821 (1915).   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL   Appointment by deputy clerk.    - Because former Code 1933, § 24-2713 (see now O.C.G.A. § 15-6-59) provided that the powers and duties of a deputy clerk shall be the same as those of the clerk, under former Code 1933, § 71-101 (see now O.C.G.A. § 45-17-1.1) a deputy clerk may appoint a notary public in the same manner as the clerk; no other person would have this authority. 1958-59 Op. Att'y Gen. p. 60.
GA Code § 45-17-2 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 45 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 17 - Notaries Public|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 45-17-2. Qualifications of Notaries

  Any individual applying for appointment to be a notary public shall:   Be at least 18 years old;   Be a United States citizen or be a legal resident of the United States;   Be a legal resident of the county from which such individual is appointed;   Have, and provide at the time of the application, the applicant's operating telephone number; and   Be able to read and write the English language.     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.    (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.)   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL   Duration of residency unspecified.   - This section states that a person must be a resident of Georgia, but does not specify any particular length of time for such residency; therefore, the question of residence is one which must be determined from the facts and circumstances in each particular case. 1958-59 Op. Att'y Gen. p. 60.    Notaries public for the state at large are no longer in existence,  but under present law notaries public are commissioned by the clerk of the superior court in the county of their residence. 1952-53 Op. Att'y Gen. p. 387.
GA Code § 45-17-2.2 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 45 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 17 - Notaries Public|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 45-17-2.2. Application Information to Be Matter of Public Record

 The information in the application for appointment and commissioning as a notary public shall be a matter of public record.    (Code 1981, §45-17-2.2, enacted by Ga. L. 1984, p. 1105, § 1; Ga. L. 1985, p. 1469, § 4.)
GA Code § 45-17-2.3 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 45 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 17 - Notaries Public|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 45-17-2.3. Grant or Denial of Commission or Recommission; Grounds; Unauthorized Practice of Law

  After an applicant submits to the clerk of superior court of the county the application, endorsements, and declaration of applicant as required in Code Section 45-17-2.1, the clerk of superior court shall either grant or deny a commission or recommission as a notary public within ten days following the applicant's submission of the necessary documents.   The clerk of superior court may in his or her discretion deny a commission or recommission to an applicant based on any of the following grounds:   The applicant's criminal history;   Revocation, suspension, or restriction of any notary commission or professional license issued to the applicant by this or any other state;   The commission in this or any state of any act enumerated in subsection (a) of Code Section 45-17-15, whether or not criminal penalties or commission suspension or revocation resulted; or   The applicant is found by the State Bar of Georgia, a court of this state, or a court of any other state to have engaged in the unauthorized practice of law.     Any applicant who is denied a notarial commission or recommission by the clerk of superior court shall upon demand be allowed a hearing and adjudication before the superior court clerk with a right of de novo appeal to the superior court, such appeal to be determined by the court without the intervention of a jury.     (Code 1981, §45-17-2.3, enacted by Ga. L. 1984, p. 1105, § 1; Ga. L. 1992, p. 6, § 45; Ga. L. 2002, p. 630, § 1.)   Cross references.   - Unauthorized practice of law forbidden, § 15-19-51.
GA Code § 45-17-3 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 45 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 17 - Notaries Public|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 45-17-3. Oath of Office

 Before entering on the duties of his office, each notary public shall take and subscribe before the clerk of the superior court the following oath, which shall be entered on his minutes:   "I, ________________________________, do solemnly swear or affirm that I will well and truly perform the duties of a notary public to the best of my ability; and I further swear or affirm that I am not the holder of any public money belonging to the state and unaccounted for, so help me God."   (Orig. Code 1863, § 1447; Ga. L. 1868, p. 130, § 2; Code 1868, § 1504; Code 1873, § 1498; Code 1882, § 1498; Civil Code 1895, § 499; Civil Code 1910, § 617; Code 1933, § 71-103; Ga. L. 1947, p. 1108, § 1; Ga. L. 1984, p. 1105, § 1.)
GA Code § 45-17-4 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 45 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 17 - Notaries Public|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 45-17-4. Fees; Secretary of State to Keep Record of Notaries Appointed; Reappointment

 Before a certificate shall be issued to a notary public, he or she shall pay to the clerk of the superior court the sum prescribed by Code Section 15-6-77, relating to fees of clerks of the superior courts, from which amount the clerk shall be entitled to cover his or her services in issuing the certificate of appointment as notary public, administering the oath, and recording the same. The amount by which the sum prescribed by Code Section 15-6-77 exceeds the amount which the clerk is required by this Code section to forward to the Georgia Superior Court Clerks' Cooperative Authority is what the clerk shall use to cover his or her services. The clerk shall immediately send a copy of the certificate of appointment, under his or her seal of office, and $2.00 to the Georgia Superior Court Clerks' Cooperative Authority which shall keep a record showing the names of the notaries public appointed with their addresses, signatures, ages, sex, and the terms for which their commissions run; and such amount shall cover the cost of the Georgia Superior Court Clerks' Cooperative Authority in keeping such records. On reappointment as notaries public, the sum prescribed by Code Section 15-6-77 shall be paid to the clerk of the superior court and disbursed in the same manner as the fee for the original appointment is disbursed under this Code section.   (Ga. L. 1878-79, p. 80, § 1; Code 1882, § 1503a; Civil Code 1895, § 507; Civil Code 1910, § 625; Code 1933, § 71-105; Ga. L. 1947, p. 1108, § 1; Ga. L. 1970, p. 497, § 6; Ga. L. 1971, p. 699, § 4; Ga. L. 1984, p. 1105, § 1; Ga. L. 1997, p. 673, § 1.)   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL   Secretary of State's responsibilities.   - The Superior Court Clerks' Cooperative Authority may not contract to take over the duties of the Secretary of State to maintain records of notaries public. 1996 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 96-11.
GA Code § 45-17-7 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 45 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 17 - Notaries Public|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 45-17-7. Commissioning of Nonresidents as Notaries; Powers and Duties

  Any person who is a resident of a state bordering on the State of Georgia and who carries on a business or profession in the State of Georgia or who is regularly employed in the State of Georgia may be commissioned as a notary public by the clerk of the superior court of the county in which the person carries on said profession, business, or employment.   Such person wishing to be commissioned as a notary public must meet all the requirements of Code Section 45-17-2, as it applies to this Code section.   Such person shall submit the application, endorsements, and declaration of applicant as required by Code Section 45-17-2.1 to the clerk of superior court in the county in which such person carries on such profession, business, or employment. The clerk of superior court shall approve or deny such application based on the provisions of Code Section 45-17-2.3. Upon approval and payment of the usual fees to the clerk, the applicant shall be issued a certificate as a notary public of this state and shall be authorized to perform all of the duties and exercise all of the powers and authorities relating to notaries public who are residents of this state.    (Ga. L. 1960, p. 1051, §§ 1-3; Ga. L. 1984, p. 1105, § 1.)
GA Code § 45-17-8.1 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 45 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 17 - Notaries Public|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 45-17-8.1. Signature and Date of Notarial Act

  Except as otherwise provided in this Code section, in documenting a notarial act, a notary public shall sign on the notarial certification, by hand in ink, only and exactly the name indicated on the notary's commission and shall record on the notarial certification the exact date of the notarial act.   The requirement of subsection (a) of this Code section for recording of the date of the notarial act shall not apply to an attestation of deeds or any other instruments pertaining to real property.   No document executed prior to July 1, 1986, which would otherwise be eligible for recording in the real property records maintained by any clerk of superior court or constitute record notice or actual notice of any matter to any person shall be ineligible for recording or fail to constitute such notice because of noncompliance with the present or any prior requirements of this Code section.     (Code 1981, §45-17-8.1, enacted by Ga. L. 1984, p. 1105, § 1; Ga. L. 1985, p. 1469, § 6; Ga. L. 1986, p. 1446, § 7.)   Editor's notes.   - Ga. L. 1986, p. 1446, § 10, not codified by the General Assembly, provided: "This Act shall become effective upon its approval by the Governor [approved April 11, 1986] or upon its becoming law without such approval. It is expressly declared that the curative provisions of paragraph (2) of subsection (a) of Code Section 45-17-6 and of subsection (c) of Code Section 45-17-8.1, as enacted by this Act, are intended to have retroactive application except to the extent that such retroactive application would unconstitutionally impair any vested right."   Law reviews.   - For annual survey of law of real property, see 38 Mercer L. Rev. 319 (1986).