GA Administrative Rules 2024
Rule/Regulation
Effective: January 01, 2025
SummaryThe Georgia Superior Court Clerks’ Cooperative Authority (GSCCCA) has adopted rules to implement the mandatory training requirement for Notaries effective January 1, 2025.
AffectsNew and renewing applicants for a Georgia Notary Public appointment.
Changes
- Defines “initial appointment” and “renewal appointment.”
- Requires any educational training class related to the duties of Georgia’s Notaries for the purpose of being appointed a Notary Public to be approved by the GSCCCA.
- Provides that upon successful completion of the course, the Notary applicant will be provided a certificate of completion.
- Requires the Notary applicant seeking an initial or renewal appointment to include a certificate of completion, along with the Notary application, to the Clerk of Superior Court.
AnalysisGeorgia House Bill 1292, enacted as Act No. 549 and effective January 1, 2025, instituted a mandatory education requirement to obtain a Notary commission in the state of Georgia as one way to address the problem of deed fraud in Georgia. House Bill 1292 authorized the GSCCCA to adopt rules and regulations necessary to implement the new training requirement. The rules clarify two things. First, that the GSCCCA must approve any course to satisfy the training requirement, although there are no rules stating who can submit a course for approval or the requirements for approval. Second, the rules clarify that an applicant who successfully completes a course must submit a certificate of completion to submit with the application for appointment to the Superior Court Clerk in the applicant’s county.
Read the adopted education rules.