Scope and Contents This series contains several forms and related correspondence documenting the legal claims procedures filed against the State of Georgia, its departments and agencies. Included are Notice of Claim Against State forms which cite descriptions of claims and names of claimants, accident reports, affidavits and other supporting materials and data required by the Claims Advisory Board to document legal claims. Although the Claims Advisory Board is an autonomous agency, its records are kept by...

Scope and Contents These publications are compiled from information gathered by the Notary Public Division of the Georgia Office of Secretary of State. The individual justices of the peace and notary public ex officio justices of the peace are not compelled to fill out the circular forms and return them to the Secretary of State. Indeed, many choose not to be included so these rosters should not be construed as being complete. Due to a change in the law in 1969, the Secretary of State no longer commissions...

Scope and Contents Up until March 27, 1947, these records were in the form of petitions submitted to the State Librarian of Georgia bearing: (1) the name of the petitioner, (2) the petitioner's county of residence, (3) the date of the petition, (4) the petitioner's business connection, (5) the petitioner's post office, (6) the petitioner's signature, and (7) the signatures, county of residence and business addresses of two Freeholders of the state of Georgia. The latter portion of the petition form bears (1)...

Scope and Contents All functions and related duties of the Notary Public Division of the GA Secretary of State were transferred to the Superior Court Clerks' Cooperative Authority by Senate Bill 184, 1997. This bill amended OCGA 47 - 17 - 1, and became effective July 1, 1997. Volumes 1 thru 6 in this series consist of printed certificates showing the Governor's commission to the petitioner as a Notary Public and ex officio Justice of the Peace. These documents bear: (1) the name of the Notary Public (2) his...