Section 20 – Change of name or address — Bond policy rider.

• (1) Within 30 days after the day on which a notary changes the notary’s name, the notary shall provide to the lieutenant governor:
  • (a) the notary’s new name, including official documentation of the name change; and
  • (b) a bond policy rider that a notary obtains in accordance with Subsection (2).

• (2) To obtain a bond policy rider, the notary shall:
  • (a) notify the surety for the notary’s bond;
  • (b) obtain a bond policy rider reflecting both the old and new name of the notary;
  • (c) return the bond policy rider;
  • (d) destroy the original commission; and
  • (e) destroy the old official seal.

• (3) A notary is not required to change the notary’s name by adopting the surname of the notary’s spouse.

• (4) Within 30 days of the day on which a notary’s residential or business address changes, the notary shall provide the notary’s new residential or business address to the lieutenant governor.

Amended by Chapter 259, 2017 General Session