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

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

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Carmine L. Gentile

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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.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Carmine L. Gentile

13th Middlesex

1/17/2017

Aaron Michlewitz

3rd Suffolk

1/17/2017

John W. Scibak

2nd Hampshire

1/17/2017

David Paul Linsky

5th Middlesex

1/17/2017

Joseph F. Wagner

8th Hampden

2/1/2017

Kate Hogan

3rd Middlesex

1/17/2017

Paul McMurtry

11th Norfolk

1/17/2017

Thomas M. Stanley

9th Middlesex

1/17/2017

Chris Walsh

6th Middlesex

1/17/2017

Carolyn C. Dykema

8th Middlesex

1/17/2017

Brian M. Ashe

2nd Hampden

1/17/2017

Cory Atkins

14th Middlesex

1/17/2017

James M. Cantwell

4th Plymouth

1/17/2017

Gailanne M. Cariddi

1st Berkshire

1/17/2017

Tricia Farley-Bouvier

3rd Berkshire

1/17/2017

Elizabeth A. Poirier

14th Bristol

1/17/2017

Daniel Cahill

10th Essex

1/17/2017

Mathew Muratore

1st Plymouth

1/17/2017

James J. Dwyer

30th Middlesex

1/17/2017

Jack Lewis

7th Middlesex

1/17/2017

Joseph D. McKenna

18th Worcester

1/17/2017

Adrian Madaro

1st Suffolk

1/17/2017

Brendan P. Crighton

Third Essex

1/17/2017

David F. DeCoste

5th Plymouth

1/17/2017

Joseph W. McGonagle, Jr.

28th Middlesex

1/17/2017

Brian Murray

10th Worcester

1/17/2017

Donald H. Wong

9th Essex

1/17/2017

Jay D. Livingstone

8th Suffolk

1/17/2017

Susan Williams Gifford

2nd Plymouth

1/17/2017

Kevin J. Kuros

8th Worcester

1/17/2017

David K. Muradian, Jr.

9th Worcester

1/17/2017

Denise Provost

27th Middlesex

1/17/2017

Michelle M. DuBois

10th Plymouth

1/17/2017


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

 

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

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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.