Section 36-20-50 Definitions. For purposes of this article, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) AUTHENTIC ACT. An instrument executed by a civil law notary referencing this article, which includes the particulars and capacities to act of transacting parties, a confirmation of the full text of any necessary instrument, the signatures or their […]
Section 36-20-51 Civil law notaries. (a) The Secretary of State shall have the power to appoint civil law notaries and administer this article. (b) A civil law notary is authorized to issue brevets, minutes, and notarial deeds and thereby may authenticate or certify any document, transaction, event, condition, or occurrence. A civil law notary may […]
Section 36-20-52 Rules of procedure. The Secretary of State may adopt rules prescribing all of the following: (1) The form and content of authentic acts, oaths, acknowledgments, and signatures and seals or their legal equivalents. (2) Procedures for the permanent archiving of authentic acts, maintaining records of acknowledgments and oaths, and procedures for the administration […]
Section 36-20-53 Discipline, etc., relating to practice of law. Repealed by Act 2001-967, 2001 3rd Special Session, effective September 26, 2001. (Act 99-449, § 4.)
Section 36-20-54 Powers of civil law notaries; construction of article. (a) The powers of civil law notaries include, but are not limited to, all of the powers of a notary public under the laws of this state. (b) This article shall not be construed as abrogating the provisions of any other act relating to notaries […]
Section 36-20-55 Certification by Secretary of State. If certification of a civil law notary’s authority is necessary for a particular document or transaction, it must be obtained from the Secretary of State. Upon receipt of a written request from a civil law notary and the fee prescribed by the Secretary of State, the Secretary of […]
