GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2001
H	1
HOUSE BILL 700

 
 
Short Title:	Notary-Improper Seal-Curative Statute.	()	
Sponsors:	Representative Barefoot.	
Referred to:	Judiciary III.	
March 20, 2001

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO VALIDATE CERTAIN NOTARIAL ACTS WHEre THE name on the notary seal does not comport exactly with the name on the notary commission.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  Chapter 10A of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read:
"§ 10A-18.  Validation of use of defective seal.
Any instrument notarized in good faith by a notary public on or after January 1, 1991, where the notary seal does not bear the name of the notary exactly as it appears on the commission, as required by G.S. 10A-11, shall be sufficient and valid for all purposes, if the instrument conforms in all other respects to the requirements of law."
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.