Validity and effect of notarial acts

The notarial acts authorized by Code Section 45-17-31 are declared legal, valid, and binding; and instruments, documents, oaths, affirmations, depositions, and affidavits acknowledged, authenticated, or sworn to shall be admissible in evidence and eligible to record in this state under the same circumstances and with the same force and effect as if they had been made or taken within this state before a duly qualified officer or official. (Ga. L. 1945, p. 360, § 1.) 45-17-33. Sufficiency of certification generally; effect of failure to state place of execution or acknowledgment. In the taking of acknowledgments and the performing of other notarial acts requiring certification, a certificate endorsed upon or attached to the instrument or document, which certificate shows the date of the notarial act and which states, in substance, that the person appearing before the officer acknowledged the instrument as his act or made or signed the instrument or document under oath, shall be sufficient for all intents and purposes. The instrument or document shall not be rendered invalid by the failure to state the place of execution or acknowledgment. (Ga. L. 1945, p. 360, § 1.) 496 45-17-34 45-17-34. Signature, rank, and branch of officer as proof of authority; action by officer as prima-facie evidence. 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. (Ga. L. 1945, p. 360, § 1; Ga. L. 1990, p. 8, § 45.) 497 T.45, C.18 PUBLIC OFFICERS & EMPLOYEES T.45, C.18 CHAPTER 18 EMPLOYEES’ INSURANCE AND BENEFITS PLANS Article 1 State Employees’ Health Insurance Plan and Post-employment Health Benefit Fund PART 1 STATE EMPLOYEES’ HEALTH INSURANCE PLAN Sec. 45-18-1. 45-18-2. 45-18-3. 45-18-4. 45-18-5. 45-18-5.1. 45-18-5.2. 45-18-6. 45-18-7. 45-18-7.1. 45-18-7.2. 45-18-7.3. 45-18-7.4. Definitions.