HB 785

Abstract

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 6 of Title 15 of the O.C.G.A., relating to clerks of superior courts, so as to provide for electronic notarizations and remote online notarizations; to revise the powers of the Georgia Superior Court Clerks' Cooperative Authority; to provide that the Georgia Superior Court Clerks' Cooperative Authority shall provide rules and regulations for electronic notarizations and remote online notarizations; to amend Article 1 of Chapter 17 of Title 45 of the O.C.G.A., relating to general provisions regarding notaries public, so as to provide for procedures and requirements for electronic notarizations and remote online notarizations; to provide definitions; to provide for electronic journaling; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.