{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-45-17-17","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 45-17-17","heading":"Resignation of commission; return of papers; destruction of seal.","body":"A person who wishes to resign a notarial commission shall send a signed letter of resignation to the appointing clerk of superior court, with a copy to the Georgia Superior Court Clerks’ Cooperative Authority, and all papers of appointment. The resigning notary public shall destroy the official notarial seal.","path":["TITLE 45 Public Officers and Employees","CHAPTER 17 Notaries Public","Article 1 General Provisions"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.45.odt","current_through":"Release 86 (2022-11)","vintage":"Public.Resource.Org bulk O.C.G.A., Release 86 (2022-11), retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T19:34:57Z","sha256":"b5ea1cdc23211104109e17e8c225053fb2ffa0f6d53ab2c4d30d856670c1732d","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-45-17-16","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-45-17-18"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}