A person who wishes to resign a notarial commission shall send a signed letter of resignation to the appointing clerk of superior court, with a copy to the Georgia Superior Court Clerks' Cooperative Authority, and all papers of appointment. The resigning notary public shall destroy the official notarial seal.
(Code 1981, §45-17-17, enacted by Ga. L. 1984, p. 1105, § 1; Ga. L. 1997, p. 673, § 3.)