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NC Gen Stat § 10B-42 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 10B - Notaries|Article 1 - Notary Public Act.|§ 10B-42 - Notarial certificate for a verification or of subscribing witness.

 10B-42. Notarial certificate for a verification or of subscribing witness.(a) When properly completed by a notary, a notarial certificate in substantially the following form may be used and shall be sufficient under the law of this State to satisfy the requirements for a notarial certificate for the verification or proof of the signature of a principal by a subscribing witness. The authorization of the form in this section does not preclude the use of other forms.__________________ County, North Carolina  I certify that (name of subscribing witness) personally appeared before me this day and certified to me under oath or by affirmation that he or she is not a grantee or beneficiary of the transaction, signed the foregoing document as a subscribing witness, and either (i) witnessed (name of principal) sign the foregoing document or (ii) witnessed (name of principal) acknowledge his or her signature on the already-signed document.  Date: ____________________  Official Signature of Notary    Notary's printed or typed name, Notary Public    (Official Seal)  My commission expires: ________  (b) Repealed by Session Laws 2006-59, s. 20, effective October 1, 2006, except as otherwise set forth in the act, and applicable to notarial acts performed on or after October 1, 2006.(c) The notary's printed or typed name as shown in the form provided in subsection (a) of this section is not required if the legible appearance of the notary's name may be ascertained from the notary's typed or printed name near the notary's signature or from elsewhere in the notarial certificate or from the notary's seal if the name is legible. (2005-391, s. 4; 2006-59, s. 20.)
NC Gen Stat § 10B-42.1 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 10B - Notaries|Article 1 - Notary Public Act.|§ 10B-42.1 - Notarial certificate for a verification of nonsubscribing witness.

 10B-42.1. Notarial certificate for a verification of nonsubscribing witness.(a) When properly completed by a notary, a notarial certificate in substantially the following form may be used and shall be sufficient under the law of this State to satisfy the requirements for a notarial certificate for the verification or proof of the signature of a principal or subscribing witness by a nonsubscribing witness. The authorization of the form in this section does not preclude the use of other forms. __________________ County, North Carolina  I certify (name of nonsubscribing witness) personally appeared before me this day and certified to me under oath or by affirmation that he or she is not a grantee or beneficiary of the transaction, that (name of nonsubscribing witness) recognizes the signature of (name of the principal or the subscribing witness) and that the signature is genuine.  Date: ________________________  Official Signature of Notary    Notary's printed or typed name, Notary Public    (Official Seal)  My commission expires: _________  (b) The notary's printed or typed name as shown in the form provided in subsection (a) of this section is not required if the legible appearance of the notary's name may be ascertained from the notary's typed or printed name near the notary's signature or from elsewhere in the notarial certificate or from the notary's seal if the name is legible. (2006-59, s. 21.)
NC Gen Stat § 10B-43 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 10B - Notaries|Article 1 - Notary Public Act.|§ 10B-43 - Notarial certificate for an oath or affirmation.

 10B-43. Notarial certificate for an oath or affirmation.(a) When properly completed by a notary, a notarial certificate that substantially complies with either of the following forms may be used and shall be sufficient under the law of this State to satisfy the requirements for a notarial certificate for an oath or affirmation. The authorization of the forms in this section does not preclude the use of other forms.__________________ County, North Carolina  Signed and sworn to before me this day by (name of principal).  Date: ________________  Official Signature of Notary    Notary's printed or typed name, Notary Public    (Official Seal)  My commission expires: _____________  -OR-  __________________ County, North Carolina  Sworn to and subscribed before me this day by (name of principal).  Date: ________________  Official Signature of Notary    Notary's printed or typed name, Notary Public    (Official Seal)  My commission expires: _____________  (b) Repealed by Session Laws 2006-59, s. 22, effective October 1, 2006, except as otherwise set forth in the act, and applicable to notarial acts performed on or after October 1, 2006.(c) The notary's printed or typed name as shown in the form provided in subsection (a) of this section is not required if the legible appearance of the notary's name may be ascertained from the notary's typed or printed name near the notary's signature or from elsewhere in the notarial certificate or from the notary's seal if the name is legible.(d) In either of the forms provided under subsection (a) of this section all of the following shall apply:(1) The name of the principal may be omitted if the name of the principal is located near the jurat, and the principal who so appeared before the notary is clear from the record itself.(2) The words "affirmed" or "sworn to or affirmed" may be substituted for the words "sworn to". (2005-391, s. 4; 2006-59, s. 22.)
NC Gen Stat § 10B-50 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 10B - Notaries|Article 1 - Notary Public Act.|§ 10B-50 - Change of address.

 10B-50. Change of address.Within 45 days after the change of a notary's residence, business, or any mailing address or telephone number, the notary shall send to the Secretary by fax, e-mail, or certified mail, return receipt requested, a signed notice of the change, giving both old and new addresses or telephone numbers. (1991, c. 683, s. 2; 1995, c. 226, s. 3; 2005-391, s. 4.)
NC Gen Stat § 10B-51 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 10B - Notaries|Article 1 - Notary Public Act.|§ 10B-51 - Change of name.

 10B-51. Change of name.(a) Within 45 days after the legal change of a notary's name, the notary shall send to the Secretary by fax, e-mail, or certified mail, return receipt requested, a signed notice of the change. The notice shall include both the notary's former name and the notary's new name.(b) A notary with a new name may continue to use the former name in performing notarial acts until all of the following steps have been completed:(1) The notary receives a confirmation of Notary's Name Change from the Secretary.(2) The notary obtains a new seal bearing the new name exactly as that name appears in the confirmation from the Secretary.(3) The notary appears before the register of deeds to which the commission was delivered within 45 days of the effective date of the change to be duly qualified by taking the general oath of office prescribed in G.S. 11-11 and the oath prescribed for officers in G.S. 11-7 under the new name and to have the notary public record changed to reflect the new commissioned name.(c) Upon completion of the requirements in subsection (b) of this section, the notary shall use the new name. (1991, c. 683, s. 2; 1995, c. 226, s. 3; 2005-391, s. 4.)
NC Gen Stat § 10B-52 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 10B - Notaries|Article 1 - Notary Public Act.|§ 10B-52 - Change of county.

 10B-52. Change of county.(a) A notary who has moved to another county in North Carolina remains commissioned until the current commission expires, is not required to obtain a new seal, and may continue to notarize without changing his or her seal.(b) When a notary who has moved applies to be recommissioned, if the commission is granted the, Secretary shall issue a notice of recommissioning. The commission applicant shall then do all of the following:(1) Obtain a new seal bearing the new county exactly as in the notice of recommissioning.(2) Appear before the register of deeds to which the commission was delivered within 45 days of recommissioning, to be duly qualified by taking the general oath of office prescribed in G.S. 11-11 and the oath prescribed for officers in G.S. 11-7 under the new county and to have the notary public record changed to reflect the new county name. (1991, c. 683, s. 2; 1995, c. 226; s. 3; 2005-391, s. 4.)
NC Gen Stat § 10B-53 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 10B - Notaries|Article 1 - Notary Public Act.|§ 10B-53 - Change of both name and county.

 10B-53. Change of both name and county.Within 45 days after the legal change of a notary's name, and if the notary has also moved to a different county than as last commissioned, the notary shall submit to the Secretary a recommissioning application and fee pursuant to this Chapter. The notary may continue to perform notarial acts under the notary's previous name and seal until all of the following steps have been completed:(1) The notary receives a transmittal receipt of reappointment due to name and county change from the Secretary.(2) The notary obtains a new seal bearing the new name and county exactly as those items appear in the transmittal receipt.(3) The notary appears before the register of deeds to which the commission was delivered within 45 days of recommissioning to be duly qualified by taking the general oath of office prescribed in G.S. 11-11 and the oath prescribed for officers in G.S. 11-7 under the new name and county and to have the notary public record changed to reflect the new name and county. (1991, c. 683, s. 2; 1995, c. 226, s. 3; 2005-391, s. 4.)
NC Gen Stat § 10B-54 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 10B - Notaries|Article 1 - Notary Public Act.|§ 10B-54 - Resignation.

 10B-54. Resignation.(a) A notary who resigns the notary's commission shall send to the Secretary by fax, e-mail, or certified mail, return receipt requested, a signed notice indicating the effective date of resignation.(b) Notaries who cease to reside in or to maintain a regular place of work or business in this State, or who become permanently unable to perform their notarial duties, shall resign their commissions and shall deliver their seals to the Secretary by certified mail, return receipt requested. (2005-391, s. 4.)
NC Gen Stat § 10B-55 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 10B - Notaries|Article 1 - Notary Public Act.|§ 10B-55 - Disposition of seal; death of notary.

 10B-55. Disposition of seal; death of notary.(a) When a notary commission is resigned or revoked, the notary shall deliver the notary's seal to the Secretary within 45 days of the resignation or revocation. Delivery shall be accomplished by certified mail, return receipt requested. The Secretary shall destroy any seal received under this subsection.(b) A notary whose commission has expired and whose previous commission or application was not revoked or denied by this State, is not required to deliver the seal to the Secretary as provided under subsection (a) of this section if the notary intends to apply to be recommissioned and is recommissioned within three months after the notary's commission expires.(c) If a notary dies while commissioned or before fulfilling the disposition of seal requirements in this section, the notary's estate shall, as soon as is reasonably practicable and no later than the closing of the estate, notify the Secretary in writing of the notary's death and deliver the notary's seal to the Secretary for destruction. A personal representative who is not a notary does not have to comply with the provisions of this subsection if he or she provides a statement under oath in any enforcement proceeding that he or she was unaware that the decedent was a commissioned notary public at the time of death.  (2005-391, s. 4; 2013-204, s. 1.3.)
NC Gen Stat § 10B-65 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 10B - Notaries|Article 1 - Notary Public Act.|§ 10B-65 - Acts of notaries public in certain instances validated.

 10B-65. Acts of notaries public in certain instances validated.(a) Any acknowledgment taken and any instrument notarized by a person prior to qualification as a notary public but after commissioning or recommissioning as a notary public, or by a person whose notary commission has expired, is validated. The acknowledgment and instrument have the same legal effect as if the person qualified as a notary public at the time the person performed the act.(b) All documents bearing a notarial seal and that contain any of the following errors are validated and given the same legal effect as if the errors had not occurred:(1) The date of the expiration of the notary's commission is stated, whether correctly or erroneously.(2) The notarial seal does not contain a readable impression of the notary's name, contains an incorrect spelling of the notary's name, or does not bear the name of the notary exactly as it appears on the commission, as required under G.S. 10B-37.(3) The notary's signature does not comport exactly with the name on the notary commission or on the notary seal, as required by G.S. 10B-20.(4) The notarial seal contains typed, printed, drawn, or handwritten material added to the seal, fails to contain the words "North Carolina" or the abbreviation "NC", or contains correct information except that instead of the abbreviation for North Carolina contains the abbreviation for another state.(5) The date of the acknowledgement, the verification or proof, or the oath or affirmation states the correct day and month but lacks a year or states an incorrect year.(c) All deeds of trust in which the notary was named in the document as a trustee only are validated.(d) All notary acknowledgments performed before July 1, 2013, bearing a notarial seal are validated.(e) This section applies to notarial acts performed on or before April 1, 2021.  (1945, c. 665; 1947, c. 313; 1949, c. 1; 1953, c. 702; 1961, cc. 483, 734; 1965, c. 37; 1969, c. 83; c. 716, s. 1; 1971, c. 229, s. 1; 1973, c. 680, s. 1; 1977, c. 734, s. 1; 1979, c. 226, s. 2; c. 643, s. 1; 1981, c. 164, ss. 1, 2; 1983, c. 205, s. 1; 1985, c. 71, s. 1; 1987, c. 277, s. 9; 1989, c. 390, s. 9; 1991, c. 683, s. 2; 1997-19, s. 1; 1997-469, s. 2; 1998-228, s. 10; 1999-21, s. 2; 2001-154, s. 1; 2002-159, s. 27; 2003-38, s. 1; 2004-199, s. 6.; 2005-391, s. 4; 2008-194, s. 5; 2013-204, s. 1.5; 2021-91, s. 4(a).)
NC Gen Stat § 10B-66 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 10B - Notaries|Article 1 - Notary Public Act.|§ 10B-66 - Certain notarial acts validated.

 10B-66. Certain notarial acts validated.(a) Any acknowledgment taken and any instrument notarized by a person whose notarial commission was revoked on or before January 30, 1997, is hereby validated.(b) This section applies to notarial acts performed on or before August 1, 1998. (2005-391, s. 4.)
NC Gen Stat § 10B-67 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 10B - Notaries|Article 1 - Notary Public Act.|§ 10B-67 - Erroneous commission expiration date cured.

 10B-67. Erroneous commission expiration date cured.An erroneous statement of the date that the notary's commission expires shall not affect the sufficiency, validity, or enforceability of the notarial certificate or the related record if the notary is, in fact, lawfully commissioned at the time of the notarial act. This section applies to notarial acts whenever performed.  (2006-59, s. 24; 2013-204, s. 1.6.)
NC Gen Stat § 10B-68 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 10B - Notaries|Article 1 - Notary Public Act.|§ 10B-68 - Technical defects cured.

 10B-68. Technical defects cured.(a) Technical defects, errors, or omissions in a notarial certificate shall not affect the sufficiency, validity, or enforceability of the notarial certificate or the related instrument or document.(b) Defects in the commissioning or recommissioning of a notary that are approved by the Department are cured. This subsection applies to commissions and recommissions issued on or after December 1, 2005.(c) As used in this section, a technical defect includes those cured under G.S. 10B-37(f) and G.S. 10B-67. Other technical defects include, but are not limited to, the absence of the legible appearance of the notary's name exactly as shown on the notary's commission as required in G.S. 10B-20(b), the affixation of the notary's seal near the signature of the principal or subscribing witness rather than near the notary's signature, minor typographical mistakes in the spelling of the principal's name, the failure to acknowledge the principal's name exactly as signed by including or omitting initials, or the failure to specify the principal's title or office, if any.  (2006-59, s. 24; 2006-199, s. 2; 2013-204, s. 1.7.)
NC Gen Stat § 10B-69 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 10B - Notaries|Article 1 - Notary Public Act.|§ 10B-69 - Official forms cured.

 10B-69. Official forms cured.(a) The notarial certificate contained in a form issued by a State agency prior to April 1, 2021, is deemed to be a valid certificate so long as the certificate complied with the law at the time the form was issued.(b) The notarization using a certificate under subsection (a) of this section is deemed valid if executed in compliance with the law at the time the form was issued.  (2006-59, s. 24; 2013-204, s. 1.8; 2021-91, s. 4(b).)
NC Gen Stat § 10B-70 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 10B - Notaries|Article 1 - Notary Public Act.|§ 10B-70 - Certain notarial acts for local government agencies validated.

 10B-70. Certain notarial acts for local government agencies validated.(a) Any acknowledgment taken and any instrument notarized for a local government agency by a person prior to qualification as a notary public but after commissioning or recommissioning as a notary public, by a person whose notary commission has expired, or by a person who failed to qualify within 45 days of commissioning as required by G.S. 10B-10, is hereby validated. The acknowledgment and instrument shall have the same legal effect as if the person qualified as a notary public at the time the person performed the act. This section shall apply to notarial acts performed for a local government agency on or after October 31, 2006, and before June 30, 2007.(b) Any electronic document filed in the Mecklenburg County Register of Deeds office that purports to be notarized in the Commonwealth of Virginia and that contains the typed name of a Virginia notary together with the notary's expiration date shall be given the same legal effect as if the person performed a lawful notarization in Virginia.  (2007-484, s. 27; 2008-194, s. 4.)
NC Gen Stat § 10B-71 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 10B - Notaries|Article 1 - Notary Public Act.|§ 10B-71 - Certain notarial acts validated when recommissioned notary failed to again take oath.

 10B-71. Certain notarial acts validated when recommissioned notary failed to again take oath.Any acknowledgment taken and any instrument notarized by a person who after recommissioning failed to again take the oath as a notary public is validated. The acknowledgment and instrument have the same legal effect as if the person qualified as a notary public at the time the person performed the act. This section applies to notarial acts performed on or after May 15, 2004, and before April 1, 2021.  (2009-358, s. 1; 2013-204, s. 1.9; 2021-91, s. 4(c).)
NC Gen Stat § 10B-99 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 10B - Notaries|Article 1 - Notary Public Act.|§ 10B-99 - Presumption of regularity.

 10B-99. Presumption of regularity.(a) In the absence of evidence of fraud on the part of the notary, or evidence of a knowing and deliberate violation of this Article by the notary, the courts shall grant a presumption of regularity to notarial acts so that those acts may be upheld, provided there has been substantial compliance with the law. Nothing in this Chapter modifies or repeals the common law doctrine of substantial compliance in effect on November 30, 2005.(b) A notarial act shall be deemed valid if it complies with the law as it existed on or before December 1, 2005. This section applies to notarial acts whenever performed.  (2006-59, s. 24; 2006-199, s. 4; 2013-204, s. 1.10.)
NC Gen Stat § 10B-100 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 10B - Notaries|Article 2 - Electronic Notary Act.|§ 10B-100 - Short title.

 10B-100. Short title.This Article is the Electronic Notary Public Act and may be cited by that name. (2005-391, s. 4.)
NC Gen Stat § 10B-101 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 10B - Notaries|Article 2 - Electronic Notary Act.|§ 10B-101 - Definitions.

 10B-101. Definitions.The following definitions apply in this Article:(1) "Electronic" means relating to technology having electrical, digital, magnetic, wireless, optical, electromagnetic, or similar capabilities.(2) "Electronic Document" means information that is created, generated, sent, communicated, received, or stored by electronic means.(3) "Electronic Notarial Act" and "Electronic Notarization" mean an official act by an electronic notary public that involves electronic documents.(4) "Electronic Notary Public" and "Electronic Notary" mean a notary public who has registered with the Secretary the capability of performing electronic notarial acts in conformance with this Article.(5) "Electronic Notary Seal" and "Electronic Seal" mean information within a notarized electronic document that includes the notary's name, jurisdiction, and commission expiration date, and generally corresponds to data in notary seals used on paper documents.(6) "Electronic Signatures" means an electronic symbol or process attached to or logically associated with an electronic document and executed or adopted by a person with the intent to sign the document.(7) "Notary's Electronic Signature" means those forms of electronic signature which have been approved by the Secretary as authorized in G.S. 10B-125, as an acceptable means for an electronic notary to affix the notary's official signature to an electronic record that is being notarized. (2005-391, s. 4.)
NC Gen Stat § 10B-102 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 10B - Notaries|Article 2 - Electronic Notary Act.|§ 10B-102 - Scope of this Article.

 10B-102. Scope of this Article.Article 1 of this Chapter applies to all acts authorized under this Article unless the provisions of Article 1 directly conflict with the provisions of this Article, in which case provisions of Article 2 shall control. (2005-391, s. 4.)
NC Gen Stat § 10B-105 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 10B - Notaries|Article 2 - Electronic Notary Act.|§ 10B-105 - Qualifications.

 10B-105. Qualifications.(a) A person qualified for electronic notary registration shall meet all of the following requirements:(1) Hold a valid commission as a notary public in the State of North Carolina.(2) Except as otherwise provided, abide by all the provisions of Article 1 of this Chapter.(3) Satisfy the requirements of G.S. 10B-107.(4) Submit an electronic registration form containing no significant misstatement or omission of fact.(b) The Secretary may deny a registration as an electronic notary as authorized in G.S. 10B-5(d). (2005-391, s. 4.)