Chapter 222: JUSTICES OF THE PEACE, NOTARIES PUBLIC AND COMMISSIONERS
- Section 1 Definitions
- Section 1A Appointment and jurisdiction of justices of the peace and notaries public
- Section 2 Repealed, 1923, 164, Sec. 7
- Section 3 Appointment of commissioners to administer oaths of office; returns; fees
- Section 4 Appointment of commissioners; term
- Section 5 Oath; seal
- Section 6 Powers and duties
- Section 7 Instructions to commissioner
- Section 8 Acknowledgment of instrument; printed or typed name; expiration date; official notarial seal or stamp
- Section 8A Repealed, 2016, 289, Sec. 4
- Section 9 Acting as justice or notary after expiration of commission; penalty
- Section 10 Destruction of notary's records; penalty
- Section 11 Acknowledgments by persons in armed forces or their dependents
- Section 12 Exemptions from maintaining journal of notary transactions
- Section 13 Qualifications; grounds for denial of application for appointment
- Section 14 Term of commission
- Section 15 Notarial acts; forms of acknowledgment or certification; when alternate forms may be used
- Section 16 Notarial acts that should not be performed; prohibited actions by notary public
- Section 17 Notaries public not licensed to practice law; prohibition from offering legal advice or advertisement as legal specialist; immigration matters; real estate closings
- Section 18 Violations of chapter; penalties; civil cause of action and remedies; unfair or deceptive act or practice
- Section 19 Duty to perform notarial act upon payment of fee; exceptions
- Section 20 Lawfulness, accuracy or truthfulness of document or transition involving notarial act; effect of documents not containing acknowledgement or certification; rules of land court relating to filing of documents
- Section 21 Advertisements for notarial services in language other than English
- Section 22 Chronological official journal of notarial acts; contents; exceptions from duty to maintain; examination; safeguarding
- Section 23 Fees not to be charged for certain notarial acts
- Section 24 Destruction of notary seals and stamps upon expiration, resignation or revocation of commission; retention of journal and records
- Section 25 Change of name or address; notice to state secretary
- Section 26 Revocation of commission
- Section 27 Tamper-evident technologies to perform notarial acts; recording of documents
- Section 28 Communication technology for remotely-located principal in a notarial act; limitations and requirements
- Section 29 Use of personal information obtained under Sec. 28