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CT Gen Stat § 3-85 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 3 - State Elective Officers|Chapter 33 - Secretary|Section 3-85 - Engrossed bills.

 After the adjournment of each General Assembly, the Secretary shall cause all the engrossed bills which have become laws to be bound, together with any engrossed amendments to the Constitution proposed by the General Assembly at such session and continued to the next assembly, in suitable volumes, and shall also record such bills by the title and number in the public records of the state; and such volumes shall be the official record of the acts passed by the General Assembly at such session and of the amendments to the Constitution proposed at such session by said General Assembly.(1949 Rev., S. 171; 1967, P.A. 254, S. 2; P.A. 07-194, S. 14.)History: 1967 act substituted general assembly for house of representatives; P.A. 07-194 changed “one volume” to “suitable volumes” and “volume” to “volumes”, effective July 5, 2007.See Sec. 2-62 re legislative commissioners' authority to make use of bound volumes of engrossed acts.Records of Secretary as evidence of existence of law. 77 C. 264; 79 C. 147.
CT Gen Stat § 3-86 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 3 - State Elective Officers|Chapter 33 - Secretary|Section 3-86 - Legislative acts and documents to each free public library.

 The Secretary may send a copy of the laws passed by the General Assembly at each session, together with the legislative documents and journals, to each free public library which desires them.(1949 Rev., S. 1677.)See Sec. 2-49 re distribution of indexed House and Senate journals.
CT Gen Stat § 3-87 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 3 - State Elective Officers|Chapter 33 - Secretary|Section 3-87 - Publication of election laws.

 As soon as possible after the adjournment of each regular session of the General Assembly, the Secretary shall codify and publish in pamphlet form all laws concerning elections in this state and shall send a copy thereof to each election official in each town. The Secretary shall prepare and cause to be included in such pamphlet a brief statement concerning hours of voting, absentee voting, qualifications of electors and the duties of election officials.(1949 Rev., S. 166.)
CT Gen Stat § 3-94b (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 3 - State Elective Officers|Chapter 33 - Secretary|Section 3-94b - Appointment and qualifications of notary. Application fee. Certificate of appointment.

 (a) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, the Secretary of the State may appoint as a notary public any qualified person who submits an application in accordance with this section.(b) In order to qualify for appointment as a notary public, a person shall:(1) Be eighteen years of age or older at the time of application;(2) (A) Be a resident of the state of Connecticut at the time of application and appointment, or (B) have one's principal place of business in the state at the time of application and appointment;(3) Pass a written examination approved or administered by the Secretary;(4) Submit an application, on a form prescribed and provided by the Secretary, which the applicant shall complete in the applicant's handwriting without misstatement or omission of fact. The application shall be accompanied by (A) a nonrefundable application fee of one hundred twenty dollars, and (B) the recommendation of an individual who has personally known the applicant for at least one year and is not legally related to the applicant.(c) The Secretary may deny an application based on:(1) The applicant's conviction of a felony or a crime involving dishonesty or moral turpitude;(2) Revocation, suspension or restriction of a notary public appointment or professional license issued to the applicant by this state or any other state; or(3) The applicant's official misconduct, whether or not any disciplinary action has resulted.(d) Upon approval of an application for appointment as a notary public, the Secretary shall cause a certificate of appointment bearing a facsimile of the Secretary's signature and countersigned by the Secretary's executive assistant or an employee designated by the Secretary to be issued to such appointee.(e) A notary public may obtain a replacement certificate of appointment by filing a written request with the Secretary, accompanied by a nonrefundable fee of five dollars.(P.A. 90-154, S. 2; P.A. 95-76, S. 1; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3, S. 142.)History: P.A. 95-76 added Subdiv. (2)(B) in Subsec. (b) re option of having principal place of business in the state; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3 amended Subsec. (b)(4)(A) to increase application fee from $60 to $120.Cited. 230 C. 24.
CT Gen Stat § 3-94c (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 3 - State Elective Officers|Chapter 33 - Secretary|Section 3-94c - Term of office of notary. Recording of certificate and oath.

 (a) A person appointed as a notary public by the Secretary of the State may exercise the functions of the office of notary public at any place within the state beginning on the date of such person's appointment and ending five years later on the last day of the month of appointment, unless (1) such appointment as a notary is suspended or terminated by the Secretary before the end of such term, (2) the notary resigns such appointment, or (3) the notary ceases to either be a resident of the state or have one's principal place of business in the state.(b) The Secretary may, pursuant to regulations adopted in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, extend or reduce, by not more than one year, the term of any person serving as a notary public on October 1, 1990, who seeks reappointment after such date, in order for the new term for each such notary to begin on the effective date of the notary's reappointment.(c) Within thirty days after receiving a certificate of appointment from the Secretary, a notary public shall record, with the town clerk of the municipality in the state in which the notary resides, or, if the notary is not a resident of the state, with the town clerk of the municipality in the state in which the notary's principal place of business is located, such certificate and such notary's oath of office taken and subscribed to by the notary before some proper authority. Any notary public who is a resident of the state and whose principal place of business is in a municipality within the state other than the municipality in which the notary resides, may also record the notary's certificate of appointment and oath of office with the town clerk of such other municipality. Town clerks or assistant town clerks may certify to the authority and official acts of any notary public whose certificate of appointment and oath of office have been recorded in the books in their charge. The failure of a notary public to so record such certificate of appointment and oath of office shall not invalidate any notarial act performed by the notary after the date of such person's appointment as a notary public.(P.A. 90-154, S. 3; P.A. 95-76, S. 2.)History: P.A. 95-76 amended Subsec. (a) to add provision re notaries having principal place of business in the state and amended Subsec. (b) to add provision requiring recording of certificate of nonresident notaries with town clerk where notary's principal place of business is located.Cited. 230 C. 24.
CT Gen Stat § 3-94d (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 3 - State Elective Officers|Chapter 33 - Secretary|Section 3-94d - Reappointment of notary.

 A notary public may apply for reappointment on a form prescribed and provided by the Secretary, accompanied by a nonrefundable application fee of sixty dollars, and shall otherwise comply with all requirements for being appointed and serving as a notary public. Not later than ninety days before the expiration of the term of a notary public, the Secretary shall send the notary a notice of the expiration and a reappointment application form.(P.A. 90-154, S. 4.)Cited. 230 C. 24.
CT Gen Stat § 3-94e (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 3 - State Elective Officers|Chapter 33 - Secretary|Section 3-94e - Appointment of certain state police officers as notaries.

 (a) The Secretary of the State may appoint as notaries public, in accordance with the provisions of sections 3-94a to 3-95, inclusive, any number of state police majors, captains, lieutenants and sergeants. The Secretary shall not charge any such person an application fee.(b) A notary public appointed under this section shall exercise his authority as a notary public only in the administration of oaths and affirmations and the taking of acknowledgments as pertain to official police matters. In such cases the seal of the state police shall be the notarial seal and such notary public shall not charge a fee for such notary's services as a notary public.(c) Upon terminating employment with the state police, a notary public appointed under this section shall immediately resign as a notary public, in writing. Such resignation shall be effective on the date of such termination of employment.(P.A. 90-154, S. 5; P.A. 91-110, S. 2, 9.)History: P.A. 91-110 made technical change in Subsec. (b).Cited. 230 C. 24.
CT Gen Stat § 3-94f (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 3 - State Elective Officers|Chapter 33 - Secretary|Section 3-94f - Prohibitions re lawful transactions.

 A notary public shall not unreasonably refuse to perform notarial acts in lawful transactions for any requesting person who tenders payment of the statutory fee.(P.A. 90-154, S. 6; P.A. 91-110, S. 5, 9.)History: P.A. 91-110 deleted former Subsec. (a) prohibiting notary from influencing person to enter into or refrain from lawful transaction that involves notarial act and removed obsolete Subsec. (b) designator.Cited. 230 C. 24.
CT Gen Stat § 3-94g (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 3 - State Elective Officers|Chapter 33 - Secretary|Section 3-94g - Disqualification of notary.

 A notary public is disqualified from performing a notarial act if the notary is a signatory of the document that is to be notarized.(P.A. 90-154, S. 7; P.A. 91-110, S. 3, 9.)History: P.A. 91-110 deleted language disqualifying notary public from performing notarial act if notary is named in document to be notarized, will receive fee or commission which exceeds permitted statutory fee for notarial act or is legally related to person for whom notarial act is performed.Cited. 230 C. 24.
CT Gen Stat § 3-94h (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 3 - State Elective Officers|Chapter 33 - Secretary|Section 3-94h - Prohibited acts.

 A notary public shall not (1) perform any official action with intent to deceive or defraud or (2) use the notary's title or seal in an endorsement or promotional statement for any product, service, contest or other offering.(P.A. 90-154, S. 8; P.A. 91-110, S. 4, 9.)History: P.A. 91-110 deleted prohibition that a notary shall not notarize document containing statement known by notary to be false or notarize a blank document.Cited. 230 C. 24.
CT Gen Stat § 3-94i (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 3 - State Elective Officers|Chapter 33 - Secretary|Section 3-94i - Notary's signature.

 In completing a notarial act, a notary public shall sign on the notarial certificate only the notary's own name, as it appears on the notary's certificate of appointment.(P.A. 90-154, S. 9.)Cited. 230 C. 24.
CT Gen Stat § 3-94j (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 3 - State Elective Officers|Chapter 33 - Secretary|Section 3-94j - Official notarial seal.

 (a) A notary public, except a state police major, captain, lieutenant or sergeant appointed as a notary public pursuant to section 3-94e, may keep and use an official notarial seal. Such seal shall not be used by any other person or surrendered to any employer upon termination of the notary's employment.(b) A notary shall immediately destroy the notary's notarial seal upon resigning as a notary or upon the revocation, lapse or expiration of such person's appointment as a notary.(P.A. 90-154, S. 10.)Cited. 230 C. 24.
CT Gen Stat § 3-94k (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 3 - State Elective Officers|Chapter 33 - Secretary|Section 3-94k - Notarial certificate. Notarial seal. Stamp.

 If a notary public utilizes a notarial seal, the notary shall, near the notary's official signature on a notarial certificate, affix an impression of the notarial seal, which shall include: (1) The notary's name exactly as it appears on the notary's certificate of appointment, (2) the words “Notary Public” and “Connecticut” and (3) the words “My commission expires (commission expiration date)”, provided the notary may elect to have the words in subdivision (3) appear on a stamp instead of such seal. If the notary does not utilize a notarial seal or stamp, the words “Notary Public” and “My commission expires (commission expiration date)” shall be typed or printed legibly by the notary near the notary's official signature on a notarial certificate.(P.A. 90-154, S. 11.)Cited. 230 C. 24.
CT Gen Stat § 3-94l (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 3 - State Elective Officers|Chapter 33 - Secretary|Section 3-94l - Liability.

 (a) A notary public shall be liable to any person for all damages proximately caused to that person by the notary's official misconduct.(b) An employer of a notary shall be liable to any person for any damages proximately caused to that person by the notary's official misconduct related to the employer's business, if the employer directed, encouraged, consented to, ratified or approved the notary's official misconduct, either in the particular transaction or, implicitly, by previous actions in at least one similar transaction.(c) An employer of a notary shall be liable to the notary for all damages recovered from the notary as a result of official misconduct that was coerced by threat of the employer, if the threat, such as a threat of demotion or dismissal, was made in reference to a particular notarial act, or, implicitly, by the employer's previous actions in at least one similar transaction. The employer shall also be liable to the notary for damages caused to the notary by demotion, dismissal or other action resulting from the notary's refusal to commit official misconduct.(P.A. 90-154, S. 12.)Cited. 230 C. 24.
CT Gen Stat § 3-94m (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 3 - State Elective Officers|Chapter 33 - Secretary|Section 3-94m - Warning, reprimand, revocation, suspension, resignation.

 (a) The Secretary may deliver a written, official warning and reprimand to a notary, or may revoke or suspend a notary's appointment, as a result of such notary's official misconduct or on any ground for which an application for appointment as a notary may be denied, or for a violation of any provision of the general statutes.(b) The termination or lapse of an appointment as a notary, regardless of reason, shall not stop or preclude any investigation into such notary's conduct by the Secretary, who may pursue any such investigation to a conclusion and issue any finding.(c) Within thirty days after the resignation, revocation or suspension of a notary's certificate of appointment, the Secretary shall notify all town clerks within the state, in such manner as the Secretary shall determine, of such resignation, revocation or suspension. The town clerk of any municipality in which such notary's certificate of appointment or replacement certificate of appointment has been recorded shall note the resignation, revocation or suspension, and the effective date thereof, on the original record of such certificate or replacement certificate.(P.A. 90-154, S. 13.)Cited. 230 C. 24.
CT Gen Stat § 3-94n (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 3 - State Elective Officers|Chapter 33 - Secretary|Section 3-94n - Change of address of notary. Fee.

 Within thirty days after a change of residence address, a notary public who is a resident of the state shall file with the Secretary a signed, written notice which shall include both the old and new addresses. Within thirty days after a change of address of one's principal place of business, a notary public who is not a resident of the state shall file with the Secretary a signed, written notice which shall include both the old and new addresses. Such notice shall be accompanied by a nonrefundable fee of fifteen dollars. If the change of address is to a different municipality, the notary shall, within thirty days after issuance of a replacement certificate of appointment by the Secretary, record such certificate with the town clerk of the municipality in which the new address is located. The failure of a notary to so record such replacement certificate shall not invalidate any notarial act performed by the notary.(P.A. 90-154, S. 14; P.A. 95-76, S. 3; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3, S. 143.)History: P.A. 95-76 added provision re notice of change of address of principal place of business in the state for nonresident notaries; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3 increased fee from $5 to $15.Cited. 230 C. 24.
CT Gen Stat § 3-94o (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 3 - State Elective Officers|Chapter 33 - Secretary|Section 3-94o - Change of name of notary. Fees.

 (a) Within thirty days after a change in the name of a notary public, the notary shall file a notice of the change with the Secretary, on a form prescribed and provided by the Secretary. The notice shall state the notary's old and new names and the effective date of the new name, include such proof of the change of name as the Secretary shall require, be signed by the notary and be accompanied by a nonrefundable fee of fifteen dollars. The notary shall, within thirty days after the issuance of a replacement certificate of appointment by the Secretary, record such certificate with the town clerk of the municipality wherein the notary recorded the notary's original certificate of appointment and oath of office. The failure of a notary to so record such replacement certificate shall not invalidate any notarial act performed by the notary. Any town clerk who is required by statute to make a record of the certificate of appointment and oath of office of a notary shall record the replacement certificate of appointment containing the change of name of the notary upon payment of a fee of fifteen dollars by such notary to the town clerk.(b) Beginning on the date of issuance of such replacement certificate of appointment by the Secretary, the notary public shall (1) sign the notary's new name on all notarial certificates, and (2) if the notary uses a notarial seal, use only a notarial seal that contains the notary's new name.(P.A. 90-154, S. 15; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3, S. 144.)History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3 amended Subsec. (a) to increase fee for name change from $5 to $15 and to increase fee for recording replacement certificate from $1 to $15.Cited. 230 C. 24.
CT Gen Stat § 3-94p (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 3 - State Elective Officers|Chapter 33 - Secretary|Section 3-94p - Procedure for resignation of notary.

 (a) A notary public may resign as a notary by filing with the Secretary a signed, written notice of resignation which shall indicate the effective date of such resignation.(b) A notary public who ceases to either reside within the state or have one's principal place of business in the state shall immediately resign as a notary in the manner provided in subsection (a) of this section.(P.A. 90-154, S. 16; P.A. 95-76, S. 4.)History: P.A. 95-76 added provision in Subsec. (b) re notaries having principal place of business in the state.Cited. 230 C. 24.
CT Gen Stat § 3-94q (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 3 - State Elective Officers|Chapter 33 - Secretary|Section 3-94q - Death of notary.

 As soon as possible after the death of a notary public, the notary's personal representative shall destroy the notary's official notarial seal, if any, and file a signed, written notice, with the Secretary of the State, indicating that the notary public has died and the date of death.(P.A. 90-154, S. 17.)Cited. 230 C. 24.
CT Gen Stat § 3-95 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 3 - State Elective Officers|Chapter 33 - Secretary|Section 3-95 - Fees of notary.

 The fee for any act performed by a notary public in accordance with the provisions of the general statutes shall not exceed five dollars plus an additional thirty-five cents for each mile of travel.(1949 Rev., S. 3638; P.A. 79-284; P.A. 90-154, S. 18; P.A. 00-138, S. 1, 2.)History: P.A. 79-284 replaced varying fees for different types of notarization with single fee of $1.00 and raised travel charges from $0.10 to $0.15 per mile; P.A. 90-154 increased fee to $2.00 plus $0.25 a mile; P.A. 00-138 increased to $5.00 plus $0.35 a mile, effective July 1, 2000.See Sec. 52-259 re court fees.Cited. 230 C. 24.
CT Gen Stat § 3-95a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 3 - State Elective Officers|Chapter 33 - Secretary|Section 3-95a - Prohibition re notary offering or providing legal advice in immigration matters. Use of title of notario or notario publico.

 (a) A notary public shall not offer or provide legal advice to any person in immigration matters or represent any person in immigration proceedings unless such notary public (1) has been admitted as an attorney under the provisions of section 51-80, or (2) is authorized pursuant to 8 CFR 292.2 to practice immigration law or represent persons in immigration proceedings.(b) A notary public shall not assume, use or advertise the title of notario or notario publico, unless such notary public (1) has been admitted as an attorney under the provisions of section 51-80, or (2) indicates in any advertisement or otherwise provides written notice that such notary public is not licensed as an attorney in this state.(c) Any notary public who violates any provision of this section shall have committed a violation of subsection (a) of section 51-88 and be subject to the penalties set forth in subsection (b) of section 51-88.(P.A. 13-127, S. 1.)
CT Gen Stat § 3-96 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 3 - State Elective Officers|Chapter 33 - Secretary|Section 3-96 - List of Superior Court judges and officials.

 The Secretary shall keep in his office, for public inspection, a copy of the list of the judges and clerks of the Superior Court, and of the state's attorneys and state marshals, with the date of their respective appointments and terms of service and shall, from time to time, add to said list the names of persons thereafter appointed or elected to the offices named. The Chief Court Administrator shall furnish the Secretary a certified list of the chief clerks, deputy chief clerks, clerks, deputy clerks and assistant clerks appointed by the judges of the Superior Court at their annual meeting, and any judge making an appointment to fill a vacancy shall, in like manner, certify to such appointment; and the chief clerk of the Superior Court in each judicial district shall notify the Secretary whenever a new appointment is made for the office of state's attorney for his judicial district. The Secretary shall, when requested, certify to the official character of the officers whose appointment is recorded as herein provided.(1949 Rev., S. 175; 1967, P.A. 656, S. 2; P.A. 76-436, S. 389, 681; P.A. 78-280, S. 1, 127; P.A. 00-99, S. 18, 154.)History: 1967 act substituted chief court administrator for chief justice of the supreme court; P.A. 76-436 substituted chief administrative judge for chief court administrator, clarified that clerks to be included in list and included judicial districts, effective July 1, 1978; P.A. 78-280 deleted references to county; P.A. 00-99 changed reference to sheriffs to state marshals, effective December 1, 2000.