§ 21-14-203. Expiration and resignation
(a) Any filing by a notary public with the Secretary of State under the terms of this subchapter shall remain in effect until the earlier of: (1) The date on which the notary public’s commission in effect on the date of filing expires; (2) The filing is cancelled by the notary public by subsequent written […]
§ 21-14-204. Duties of notary public
A notary public shall have the same duties when affixing a notary certificate with the notary public’s facsimile signature and facsimile seal on a commercial document as when signing a notary certificate with the notary public’s manual signature and rubber or embossed seal, and nothing in this subchapter shall remove any duty or responsibility imposed […]
§ 21-14-205. Force and effect
Notary certificates which are signed by facsimile signature and sealed by facsimile seal under the provisions of this subchapter shall have the same force and effect as notary certificates signed by manual signature and bearing a rubber or embossed seal for all purposes.
§ 21-14-301. Title
This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Arkansas Electronic Notary Public Act”.
§ 21-14-105. Administration of oaths
Each notary public shall have power to administer oaths in all matters incident to or belonging to the exercise of his or her notarial office.
§ 21-14-106. Acknowledgments and authentications
(a) A notary public may: (1) Take the proof or the acknowledgment of all instruments of writing relating to commerce and navigation; (2) Receive and authenticate acknowledgments of deeds, letters of attorney, and other instruments of writing; (3) Make declarations and protests; and (4) Certify under his or her official seal the truth of all […]
§ 21-14-107. Signature — Seal
(a) (1) At the time of notarization, the notary public shall sign his or her official signature in blue or black ink on every notary certificate. (2) The official signature is the signature on file with the Secretary of State at the time of signing. (3) A notary public may refuse to perform a notarial […]
§ 21-14-108. Expiration date of commission
(a) (1) Every notary public shall attach to any certificate of acknowledgment or jurat to an affidavit that he or she may make a statement of the date on which his or her commission will expire. (2) No acknowledgment or other act of a notary public shall be held invalid on account of the failure […]
§ 21-14-109. Performance of duties for corporation
(a) It shall be lawful for any notary public who is a stockholder, director, officer, or employee of a bank or other corporation to take the acknowledgment of any party to any written instrument executed to or by the corporation, or to administer an oath to any other stockholder, director, officer, employee, or agent of […]
§ 21-14-110. Admissibility of acknowledged instruments
All declarations and protests made and acknowledgments taken by a notary public and certified copies of the notary public’s records and official papers shall be received as evidence of the facts therein stated in all the courts of this state.