Section 18-217 – Requirements for Official Stamp
(a) The official stamp of a notary public shall: (1) include: (i) the notary public’s name and office; (ii) 1. if the notary public resides in the State, the county in which the notary public resides; or 2. if the notary public resides outside the State, the county in which the notary public was qualified; and (iii) any other information required by […]
Section 18-218 – Security of Stamping Device
(a) (1) (i) Each notary public is responsible for the security of the notary public’s stamping device. (ii) A notary public may not allow another individual to use the stamping device to perform a notarial act. (2) On resignation from, or the revocation or expiration of, the notary public’s commission, or on the expiration of the date set forth in […]
Section 18-219 – Journal for Documenting Notarial Acts
(a) (1) Subject to subsection (f) of this section, each notary public shall maintain a journal in which the notary public chronicles all notarial acts that the notary public performs. (2) The notary public shall retain the journal for 10 years after the performance of the last notarial act chronicled in the journal. (b) (1) A journal may be created […]
Section 18-220 – Selection of Technology for Use With Electronic Records
(a) (1) A notary public may select one or more tamper–evident technologies to perform notarial acts with respect to electronic records. (2) A person may not require a notary public to perform a notarial act with respect to an electronic record with a technology that the notary public has not selected. (b) (1) Before a notary public performs the notary […]
Section 18-221 – Failure to Perform Duty or Meet Requirement; Effect on Notarial Act
(a) Except as provided in § 18–203(b) of this subtitle, the failure of a notarial officer to perform a duty or meet a requirement specified in this subtitle does not invalidate a notarial act performed by the notarial officer. (b) The validity of a notarial act under this subtitle does not prevent an aggrieved person from seeking: […]
Section 18-222 – Regulations
(a) (1) The Secretary of State may adopt regulations to implement this subtitle. (2) Regulations adopted under paragraph (1) of this subsection regarding the performance of notarial acts with respect to electronic records may not require or accord greater legal status or effect to the implementation or application of a specific technology or technical specification. (3) Regulations adopted under […]
Section 18-223 – Compliance With Requirements for Performing Notarial Acts With Respect to Electronic Record or Remotely Located Individual
(a) (1) Unless the Secretary of State adopts an applicable and superseding regulation under § 18–222 of this subtitle in the manner provided in this subsection, a notary public shall comply with the requirements of this section when performing a notarial act with respect to an electronic record or a remotely located individual. (2) A regulation adopted by […]
Section 18-224 – Restrictions on Authority Conferred by Commission
(a) A commission as notary public does not authorize an individual to: (1) assist a person in drafting legal records, give legal advice, or otherwise practice law; (2) act as an immigration consultant or an expert on immigration matters; (3) represent a person in a judicial or administrative proceeding relating to immigration to the United States, United States citizenship, […]
Section 18-225 – Construction of Subtitle
In applying and construing this subtitle, consideration shall be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among states that enact it.
Section 18-210 – Acts Performed in Another State
(a) A notarial act performed in another state has the same effect under the laws of this State as if performed by a notarial officer of this State, if the act performed in the other state is performed by: (1) a notary public of that state; (2) a judge, clerk, or deputy clerk of a court of that […]