§ 10B-13 – Application fee.
10B-13. Application fee. Every applicant for a notary commission shall pay to the Secretary a nonrefundable application fee of fifty dollars ($50.00). (2005-391, s. 4.)
§ 10B-14 – Instructor's certification.
10B-14. Instructor’s certification. (a) The course of study required by G.S. 10B-5(b) shall be taught by an instructor certified under rules adopted by the Secretary. An instructor must meet the following requirements to be certified to teach a course of study for notaries public: (1) Complete and pass an instructor certification course of not less […]
§ 10B-20 – (Effective until July 1, 2023) Powers and limitations.
10B-20. Powers and limitations. (a) A notary may perform any of the following notarial acts: (1) Acknowledgments. (2) Oaths and affirmations. (3) Repealed by Session Laws 2006-59, s. 6, effective October 1, 2006, and except as otherwise set forth in the act, applicable to notarial acts performed on or after October 1, 2006. (4) Verifications […]
§ 10B-21 – Notaries ex officio.
10B-21. Notaries ex officio. (a) The clerks of the superior court may act as notaries public in their several counties by virtue of their offices as clerks and may certify their notarial acts only under the seals of their respective courts. Assistant and deputy clerks of superior court, by virtue of their offices, may perform […]
§ 10B-22 – False certificate; foreign language certificates.
10B-22. False certificate; foreign language certificates. (a) A notary shall not execute a notarial certificate containing information known or believed by the notary to be false. (b) A notary shall not execute a certificate that is not written in the English language. A notary may execute a certificate written in the English language that accompanies […]
§ 10B-8 – Course of study and examination.
10B-8. Course of study and examination. (a) Every applicant for an initial notary commission shall, within the three months preceding application, take a course of classroom instruction of not less than six hours approved by the Secretary and take a written examination approved by the Secretary. An applicant must answer at least eighty percent (80%) […]
§ 10B-9 – Length of term and jurisdiction.
10B-9. Length of term and jurisdiction. A person commissioned under this Chapter may perform notarial acts in any part of this State for a term of five years, unless the commission is earlier revoked or resigned. No commissions shall be effective prior to the administration of the oath of office. Any notarial acts performed before […]
§ 10B-1 – Short title.
10B-1. Short title. This Article is the "Notary Public Act" and may be cited by that name. (1991, c. 683, s. 2; 2005-391, s. 4.)
§ 10B-2 – (Effective until July 1, 2023) Purposes.
10B-2. Purposes. This Chapter shall be construed and applied to advance its underlying purposes, which are the following: (1) To promote, serve, and protect the public interests. (2) To simplify, clarify, and modernize the law governing notaries. (3) To prevent fraud and forgery. (4) To foster ethical conduct among notaries. (5) To enhance interstate recognition […]
§ 10B-3 – Definitions.
10B-3. Definitions. The following definitions apply in this Chapter: (1) Acknowledgment. – A notarial act in which a notary certifies that at a single time and place all of the following occurred: a. An individual appeared in person before the notary and presented a record. b. The individual was personally known to the notary or […]