History. Laws 1799, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 959; Code 1863, § 86; Code 1868, § 81; Code 1873, § 86; Code 1882, § 86; Civil Code 1895, § 184; Civil Code 1910, § 213; Ga. L. 1914, p. 1247; Code 1933, § 40-701; Ga. L. 2001, p. 1, § 3.
Cross references.
Duty of Secretary of State to keep great seal of state, § 45-13-20(1).
Law reviews.
For note on the 2001 amendment to this Code section, see 18 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 305 (2001).