§ Sec. 24-7-22. Authentication of ordinances and resolutions of counties and municipal corporations
§ 24-7-22. Authentication of ordinances and resolutions of counties and municipal corporations
When certified by a public officer, clerk, or keeper of the county or municipal records specified in Code Section 24-7-20 or 24-7-21 and in the absence of contrary evidence, judicial notice may be taken of a copy of any ordinance or resolution included within a general codification required by paragraph (1) of subsection (b) of Code Section 36-80-19 as representing an ordinance or resolution duly approved by the governing authority and currently in force as presented. Any such certified copy shall be self-authenticating and shall be admissible as prima-facie proof of any such ordinance or resolution before any court or administrative body.