{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-45-17-2.3","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 45-17-2.3","heading":"Grant or denial of commission or recommission; grounds; unauthorized practice of law.","body":"(a) 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.\n(b) 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:\n(1) The applicant’s criminal history;\n(2) Revocation, suspension, or restriction of any notary commission or professional license issued to the applicant by this or any other state;\n(3) 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\n(4) 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.\n(c) 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.","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":"019d7842232e4786850a6729b8bb0305487a909d185a59aa6d6700160a27e9fb","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-45-17-2.2","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-45-17-3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}