GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1997

H	2 

HOUSE BILL 997
Senate Judiciary Committee Substitute Adopted 6/23/97

Short Title:  Notary Commission Amendment.	(Public)

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April 17, 1997

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO REPEAL THE REQUIREMENT THAT NOTARIES PUBLIC OBTAIN THE RECOMMENDATION OF A PUBLICLY ELECTED OFFICIAL AND TO VALIDATE NOTARIAL ACTS PERFORMED BY CERTAIN NOTARIES BEFORE JUNE 1, 1997.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 10A-4(b)(5) reads as rewritten:
"(5)	Submit an application containing no significant misstatement or omission of fact. The application form shall be provided by the Secretary of State and be available at the register of deeds office in each county. Every application shall bear the signature of the applicant written with pen and ink, and the signature shall be acknowledged by the applicant before a person authorized to administer oaths. ”
Section 2.  G.S. 10A-16(d), as amended by S.L. 1997-19, reads as rewritten:
"(d)	This section applies to notarial acts performed before June 1, 1997."
Section 3.  Section 1 of this act becomes effective October 1, 1997, and applies to all initial applications submitted on or after that date.  The remainder of this act becomes effective when it becomes law.