HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 662        FILED ON: 1/17/2017

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 814

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

_________________

PRESENTED BY:

Carmine L. Gentile

_________________

To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:

The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:

An Act relative to notarization fees.

_______________

PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Carmine L. Gentile

13th Middlesex

1/17/2017

Aaron Michlewitz

3rd Suffolk

 

John W. Scibak

2nd Hampshire

 

David Paul Linsky

5th Middlesex

 

Joseph F. Wagner

8th Hampden

2/1/2017

Kate Hogan

3rd Middlesex

 

Paul McMurtry

11th Norfolk

 

Thomas M. Stanley

9th Middlesex

 

Chris Walsh

6th Middlesex

 

Carolyn C. Dykema

8th Middlesex

 

Brian M. Ashe

2nd Hampden

 

Cory Atkins

14th Middlesex

 

James M. Cantwell

4th Plymouth

 

Gailanne M. Cariddi

1st Berkshire

 

Tricia Farley-Bouvier

3rd Berkshire

 

Elizabeth A. Poirier

14th Bristol

 

Daniel Cahill

10th Essex

 

Mathew Muratore

1st Plymouth

 

James J. Dwyer

30th Middlesex

 

Jack Lewis

7th Middlesex

 

Joseph D. McKenna

18th Worcester

 

Adrian Madaro

1st Suffolk

 

Brendan P. Crighton

Third Essex

 

David F. DeCoste

5th Plymouth

 

Joseph W. McGonagle, Jr.

28th Middlesex

 

Brian Murray

10th Worcester

 

Donald H. Wong

9th Essex

 

Jay D. Livingstone

8th Suffolk

 

Susan Williams Gifford

2nd Plymouth

 

Kevin J. Kuros

8th Worcester

 

David K. Muradian, Jr.

9th Worcester

 

Denise Provost

27th Middlesex

 

Michelle M. DuBois

10th Plymouth

 


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 662        FILED ON: 1/17/2017

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 814

By Mr. Gentile of Sudbury, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 814) of Carmine L. Gentile and others relative to notarization fees.  The Judiciary.

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

_______________

In the One Hundred and Ninetieth General Court
(2017-2018)

_______________

 

An Act relative to notarization fees.

 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

Section 41 of Chapter 262 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2016 official edition is deleted in its entirety and the following substituted in its place:

Section 41.   The fees of notaries public shall be as follows:

For the following notarial acts, the maximum fee shall be $10.00 per signature: (a) acknowledgments; (b) oaths and affirmations; (c) jurats; (d) signature witnessings; (e) copy certifications; (f) issuing summonses for witnesses pursuant to section 1 of chapter 233; and (g) issuing subpoenas.

For witnessing the opening of a bank safe, vault or box pursuant to section 32 of chapter 167, the maximum fee shall be $25.00.

Any amount received by a notary public as a direct result of a notarial act, by way of commission, fee, advantage, right, title, interest, cash, property, or other consideration shall not exceed the maximum fee specified herein, provided, however, that this clause shall not preclude a notary public who is  licensed as an attorney in the Commonwealth or is employed by an attorney so licensed from performing notarial acts relative to any document in connection with which the attorney receives a legal fee for professional services.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, no fee shall be charged by a notary public to notarize a signature on (a) an absentee ballot identification envelope or other voting materials for a municipal, state or federal election, or (b) on any application or claim by a United States military veteran for a pension, allotment, allowance, compensation, insurance or other veterans’ benefit.