{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-45-17-3","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 45-17-3","heading":"Oath of office.","body":"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:\n“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.”","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":"aa77627610e49f574609fbd79893155593915984daa998a1886a8fc2441ff212","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-45-17-2.3","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-45-17-4"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}