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NC Gen Stat § 10B-106 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 10B - Notaries|Article 2 - Electronic Notary Act.|§ 10B-106 - Registration with the Secretary of State.

 10B-106. Registration with the Secretary of State.(a) Before performing notarial acts electronically, a notary shall register the capability to notarize electronically with the Secretary.(b) The term of registration as an electronic notary shall coincide with the term of the notary's commission under Article 1 of this Chapter.(c) An electronic notary shall reregister the capability to notarize electronically at the same time the notary applies for recommissioning under the requirements of Article 1 of this Chapter.(d) An electronic form shall be used by an electronic notary in registering with the Secretary and it shall include, at least all of the following:(1) The applicant's full legal name and the name to be used for commissioning, excluding nicknames.(2) The state and county of commissioning of the registrant.(3) The expiration date of the registrant's notary commission.(4) Proof of successful completion of the course of instruction on electronic notarization as required by this Article.(5) A description of the technology the registrant will use to create an electronic signature in performing official acts.(6) If the device used to create the registrant's electronic signature was issued or registered through a licensed certification authority, the name of that authority, the source of the license, the starting and expiration dates of the device's term of registration, and any revocations, annulments, or other premature terminations of any registered device of the registrant that was due to misuse or compromise of the device, with the date, cause, and nature of each termination explained in detail.(7) The e-mail address of the registrant.The information provided in a registration that relates to subdivision (7) of this section shall be considered confidential information and shall not be subject to disclosure under Chapter 132 of the General Statutes, except as provided by rule.(e) The electronic registration form for an electronic notary shall be transmitted electronically to the Secretary and shall include any decrypting instructions, codes, keys, or software that allow the registration to be read.(f) Within 10 business days after the change of any registration information required of an electronic notary, the notary shall electronically transmit to the Secretary a notice of the change of information signed with the notary's official electronic signature. (2005-391, s. 4; 2006-59, s. 25; 2006-259, ss. 1, 3.)
NC Gen Stat § 10B-107 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 10B - Notaries|Article 2 - Electronic Notary Act.|§ 10B-107 - Course of instruction.

 10B-107. Course of instruction.(a) Before performing electronic notarial acts, a notary shall take a course of instruction of least three hours approved by the Secretary and pass an examination of this course, which shall be in addition to the educational requirements provided in Article 1 of this Chapter.(b) The content of the course and the basis for the examination shall be notarial laws, procedures, technology, and ethics as they pertain to electronic notarization. (2005-391, s. 4.)
NC Gen Stat § 10B-108 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 10B - Notaries|Article 2 - Electronic Notary Act.|§ 10B-108 - Fees for registration.

 10B-108. Fees for registration.The fee payable to the Secretary for registering or reregistering as an electronic notary is fifty dollars ($50.00), which shall be in addition to the fee required in G.S. 10B-13. All funds received by the Secretary under this section shall be deposited into the General Fund. (2005-391, s. 4.)
NC Gen Stat § 10B-115 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 10B - Notaries|Article 2 - Electronic Notary Act.|§ 10B-115 - Types of electronic notarial acts.

 10B-115. Types of electronic notarial acts.The following types of notarial acts may be performed electronically:(1) Acknowledgments;(2) Jurats;(3) Verifications or proofs; and(4) Oaths or affirmations. (2005-391, s. 4.)
NC Gen Stat § 10B-116 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 10B - Notaries|Article 2 - Electronic Notary Act.|§ 10B-116 - Prohibitions.

 10B-116. Prohibitions.An electronic notarization shall not be performed if the signer of the electronic document:(1) Is not in the presence of the electronic notary at the time of notarization; and(2) Is not personally known to the notary or identified by the evidence in accordance with other provisions of this Chapter; or(3) For any reason set forth in G.S. 10B-20. (2005-391, s. 4.)
NC Gen Stat § 10B-117 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 10B - Notaries|Article 2 - Electronic Notary Act.|§ 10B-117 - Notarial components of electronic document.

 10B-117. Notarial components of electronic document.In performing an electronic notarial act, all of the following components shall be attached to, or logically associated with, the electronic document by the electronic notary, all of which shall be immediately perceptible and reproducible in the electronic record to which the notary's electronic signature is attached:(1) The notary's name, state, and county of commissioning exactly as stated on the commission issued by the Secretary;(2) The words "Electronic Notary Public";(3) The words "State of North Carolina";(4) The expiration date of the commission;(5) The notary's electronic signature; and(6) The completed wording of one of the following notarial certificates:a. Acknowledgment;b. Jurat;c. Verification or proof; ord. Oath or affirmation. (2005-391, s. 4.)
NC Gen Stat § 10B-118 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 10B - Notaries|Article 2 - Electronic Notary Act.|§ 10B-118 - Maximum fees.

 10B-118. Maximum fees.For performing electronic notarial acts, the maximum fees that may be charged by an electronic notary are as follows:(1) For acknowledgments, $10.00 per signature.(2) For jurats, $10.00 per signature.(3) For verifications or proofs, $10.00 per signature.(4) For oaths or affirmations, $10.00 per signature. (2005-391, s. 4.)
NC Gen Stat § 10B-125 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 10B - Notaries|Article 2 - Electronic Notary Act.|§ 10B-125 - Electronic signature, electronic seal.

 10B-125. Electronic signature, electronic seal.(a) The notary's electronic signature in combination with the electronic notary seal shall be used only for the purpose of performing electronic notarial acts.(b) The Secretary shall adopt rules necessary to establish standards, procedures, practices, forms, and records relating to a notary's electronic signature and electronic seal. The notary's electronic seal and electronic signature shall conform to any standards adopted by the Secretary. (2005-391, s. 4.)
NC Gen Stat § 10B-126 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 10B - Notaries|Article 2 - Electronic Notary Act.|§ 10B-126 - Security measures.

 10B-126. Security measures.(a) A notary shall safeguard the notary's electronic signature, the notary's electronic seal, and all other notarial records. Notarial records shall be maintained by the notary, and the notary shall not surrender or destroy the records except as required by a court order or as allowed under rules adopted by the Secretary.(b) When not in use, the notary shall keep the notary's electronic signature, electronic seal, and all other notarial records secure, under the exclusive control of the notary, and shall not allow them to be used by any other notary or any other person.(c) A notary shall do the following within 10 days of discovering that the notary's electronic seal or electronic signature has been stolen, lost, damaged, or otherwise rendered incapable of affixing a legible image:(1) Inform the appropriate law enforcement agency in the case of theft or vandalism.(2) Notify the appropriate register of deeds and the Secretary in writing and signed in the official name in which he or she was commissioned.(d) The Secretary may adopt rules necessary to insure the integrity, security, and authenticity of electronic notarizations.(e) The Secretary may require an electronic notary to create and to maintain a record, journal, or entry of each electronic notarial act. The rule-making authority contained in this subsection shall become effective 18 months after December 1, 2005.(f) The failure of an electronic notary to produce within 10 days of the Department's request any record required by a rule adopted under this section shall result in the suspension of the electronic notary's power to act as a notary under the provision of this Chapter until the Secretary reinstates the notary's commission.(g) Upon resignation, revocation, or expiration of an electronic notary commission, or death of the notary, all notarial records required by statute or rule shall be delivered to the Secretary. (2005-391, s. 4.)
NC Gen Stat § 10B-127 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 10B - Notaries|Article 2 - Electronic Notary Act.|§ 10B-127 - Maintenance of electronic device.

 10B-127. Maintenance of electronic device.(a) An electronic notary shall take reasonable steps to ensure that any registered device used to create the notary's electronic signature is current and has not been revoked or terminated by its issuing or registering authority.(b) If the registration of the device used to create electronic signatures either expires or is changed during the electronic notary's term of office, the notary shall cease performing electronic notarizations until:(1) A new device is duly issued or registered to the notary; and(2) An electronically signed notice is sent to the Secretary that shall include the starting and expiration dates of any new registration term and any other new information at variance with information in the most recently executed electronic registration form. (2005-391, s. 4.)
NC Gen Stat § 10B-128 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 10B - Notaries|Article 2 - Electronic Notary Act.|§ 10B-128 - Disposition of records.

 10B-128. Disposition of records.(a) Upon compliance with G.S. 10B-127 and except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, when an electronic notary's commission expires or is resigned or revoked, or when an electronic notary dies, the notary or the notary's duly authorized representative shall erase, delete, or destroy the coding, disk, certificate, card, software, file, or program that enables electronic affixation of the notary's official electronic signature.(b) A former electronic notary whose previous commission or application was not revoked or denied by the Secretary need not erase, delete, or destroy the coding, disk, certificate, card, software, file, or program enabling electronic affixation of the official electronic signature if he or she is recommissioned and reregistered as an electronic notary using the same electronic signature within three months after commission expiration. (2005-391, s. 4.)
NC Gen Stat § 10B-135 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 10B - Notaries|Article 2 - Electronic Notary Act.|§ 10B-135 - Validity of notarial certificates.

 10B-135. Validity of notarial certificates.The provisions contained in Article 1, Part 6, of this Chapter, with regard to notarial certificate forms, are applicable for the purposes of this Article. (2005-391, s. 4.)
NC Gen Stat § 10B-136 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 10B - Notaries|Article 2 - Electronic Notary Act.|§ 10B-136 - Form of evidence of authority of electronic notarial act.

 10B-136. Form of evidence of authority of electronic notarial act.Electronic evidence of the authenticity of the official electronic signature and electronic seal of an electronic notary of this State, if required, shall be attached to, or logically associated with, a notarized electronic document transmitted to another state or nation and shall be in the form of an electronic certificate of authority signed by the Secretary in conformance with any current and pertinent international treaties, agreements, and conventions subscribed to by the government of the United States. (2005-391, s. 4.)
NC Gen Stat § 10B-137 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 10B - Notaries|Article 2 - Electronic Notary Act.|§ 10B-137 - Certificate of authority for electronic notarial act.

 10B-137. Certificate of authority for electronic notarial act.(a) An electronic certificate of authority evidencing the authenticity of the official electronic signature and electronic seal of an electronic notary of this State shall contain substantially the following words:Certificate of Authority for an Electronic Notarial Act  I, ______________ (name, title, jurisdiction of commissioning official) certify that ________________ (name of electronic notary), the person named as an electronic notary public in the attached or associated document, was indeed registered as an electronic notary public for the State of North Carolina and authorized to act as such at the time of the document's electronic notarization.  To verify this Certificate of Authority for an Electronic Notarial Act, I have included herewith my electronic signature this _________ day of ___________, 20__.  (Electronic signature (and seal) of commissioning official)  (b) The Secretary may charge ten dollars ($10.00) for issuing an electronic certificate of authority. (2005-391, s. 4.)
NC Gen Stat § 10B-145 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 10B - Notaries|Article 2 - Electronic Notary Act.|§ 10B-145 - Restriction or revocation of registration.

 10B-145. Restriction or revocation of registration.The Secretary or the Secretary's designee shall have the authority to warn, restrict, suspend, or revoke an electronic notary registration for a violation of this Chapter and on any ground for which electronic notary registration may be denied under this Chapter. (2005-391, s. 4.)
NC Gen Stat § 10B-146 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 10B - Notaries|Article 2 - Electronic Notary Act.|§ 10B-146 - Wrongful manufacture, distribution, or possession of software or hardware.

 10B-146. Wrongful manufacture, distribution, or possession of software or hardware.(a) Any person who knowingly creates, manufactures, or distributes software for the purpose of allowing a person to act as an electronic notary without being commissioned and registered in accordance with this act shall be guilty of a Class G felony.(b) Any person who wrongfully obtains, conceals, damages, or destroys the certificate, disk, coding, card, program, software, file, or hardware enabling an electronic notary to affix an official electronic signature is guilty of a Class I felony. (2005-391, s. 4.)
NC Gen Stat § 10B-200 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 10B - Notaries|Article 3 - Video Witnessing During State of Emergency.|§ 10B-200 - (Expires December 31, 2021 see note) Applicability.

 10B-200. (Expires December 31, 2021 - see note) Applicability.(a) This Article applies to the witnessing and signature of all records, as defined in G.S. 10B-3(19), signed, by a principal physically located in the State of North Carolina, on or after the effective date of this act.(b) This Article expires December 31, 2021.(c) No action described in this Article constitutes a notarial act, as defined in G.S. 10B-3(11), and no action described in this Article is governed by Article 1 or 2 of this Chapter.  (2020-3, s. 4.2(a); 2020-74, s. 27(c); 2020-80, s. 2.9(c); 2021-3, s. 2.10(b).)
NC Gen Stat § 10B-201 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 10B - Notaries|Article 3 - Video Witnessing During State of Emergency.|§ 10B-201 - (Expires December 31, 2021 see note) Emergency video witnessing.

 10B-201. (Expires December 31, 2021 - see note) Emergency video witnessing.(a) Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, any person who witnesses the signature of a record through video conference technology shall be considered an "in-person" witness, and the record shall be considered to have been signed by the principal signer "in the presence of" such witness, if the video conference technology allows for direct, real-time audio and video interaction between each principal signer and the witness.(b) Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, an attesting witness to a record shall be considered to have signed such record in the presence of the principal signer, if all of the following are satisfied:(1) The signature of the principal signer is witnessed by the attesting witness in accordance with the requirements of subsection (a) of this section.(2) The attesting witness immediately thereafter signs such record while the video conference technology still allows for direct, real-time audio and video interaction between the principal signer and the attesting witness.(c) Any record witnessed pursuant to this section shall contain all of the following:(1) A conspicuous statement indicating that the record was witnessed by one or more witnesses physically located in the State of North Carolina pursuant to this Article.(2) The county in which each remote witness was physically located when witnessing execution of the record.(3) The county in which each principal signer was physically located during the witnessed execution of the record.(d) Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, absent an express prohibition in a legal document against signing in counterparts, any record witnessed pursuant to this Article may be signed in counterpart, which counterparts, when combined, shall create a single original record.  (2020-3, s. 4.2(a); 2021-3, s. 2.10(b).)
NC Gen Stat § 11-1 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 11 - Oaths|Article 1 - General Provisions.|§ 11-1 - Oaths and affirmations to be administered with solemnity.

 11-1. Oaths and affirmations to be administered with solemnity.Whereas, lawful oaths for discovery of truth and establishing right are necessary and highly conducive to the important end of good government; and being most solemn appeals to Almighty God, as the omniscient witness of truth and the just and omnipotent avenger of falsehood, and whereas, lawful affirmations for the discovery of truth and establishing right are necessary and highly conducive to the important end of good government, therefore, such oaths and affirmations ought to be taken and administered with the utmost solemnity. (1777, c. 108, s. 2, P.R.; R.C., c. 76, s. 1; Rev., s. 2353; C.S., s. 3188; 1985, c. 756, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 11-2 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 11 - Oaths|Article 1 - General Provisions.|§ 11-2 - Administration of oaths.

 11-2. Administration of oaths.Judges and other persons who may be empowered to administer oaths, shall (except in the cases in this Chapter excepted) require the party to be sworn to lay his hand upon the Holy Scriptures, in token of his engagement to speak the truth and in further token that, if he should swerve from the truth, he may be justly deprived of all the blessings of that holy book and made liable to that vengeance which he has imprecated on his own head. (1777, c. 108, s. 2, P.R.; R.C., c. 76, s. 1; Code, s. 3309; Rev., s. 2354; C.S., s. 3189; 1941, c. 11; 1971, c. 381, s. 9; 1985, c. 756, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 11-3 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 11 - Oaths|Article 1 - General Provisions.|§ 11-3 - Administration of oath with uplifted hand.

 11-3. Administration of oath with uplifted hand.When the person to be sworn shall be conscientiously scrupulous of taking a book oath in manner aforesaid, he shall be excused from laying hands upon, or touching the Holy Gospel; and the oath required shall be administered in the following manner, namely: He shall stand with his right hand lifted up towards heaven, in token of his solemn appeal to the Supreme God, and also in token that if he should swerve from the truth he would draw down the vengeance of heaven upon his head, and shall introduce the intended oath with these words, namely:I, A.B., do appeal to God, as a witness of the truth and the avenger of falsehood, as I shall answer the same at the great day of judgment, when the secrets of all hearts shall be known (etc., as the words of the oath may be). (1777, c. 108, s. 3, P.R.; R.C., c. 76, s. 2; Code, s. 3310; Rev., s. 2355; C.S., s. 3190.)
NC Gen Stat § 11-4 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 11 - Oaths|Article 1 - General Provisions.|§ 11-4 - Affirmation in lieu of oath.

 11-4. Affirmation in lieu of oath.When a person to be sworn shall have conscientious scruples against taking an oath in the manner prescribed by G.S. 11-2, 11-3, or 11-7, he shall be permitted to be affirmed. In all cases the words of the affirmation shall be the same as the words of the prescribed oath, except that the word "affirm" shall be substituted for the word "swear" and the words "so help me God" shall be deleted. (1777, c. 108, s. 4, P.R.; c. 115, s. 42, P.R.; 1819, c. 1019, P.R.; 1821, c. 1112, P.R.; R.C., c. 76, s. 3; Code, s. 3311; Rev., s. 2356; C.S., s. 3191; 1985, c. 756, s. 3.)
NC Gen Stat § 11-5 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 11 - Oaths|Article 1 - General Provisions.|§ 11-5 - Oaths of corporations.

 11-5. Oaths of corporations.In all cases where a corporation is appointed administrator, executor, collector, or to any other fiduciary position, of which fiduciary an oath is required by law, such oath may be taken by such corporation by and through any officer or agent of said corporation who is authorized by law to verify pleadings in behalf of such corporation; and any oath so taken shall be valid as the oath of such corporation. Any oath heretofore taken in the manner aforesaid in behalf of a corporation as such fiduciary is hereby validated as the oath of such corporation. (1919, c. 89, ss. 1, 2; C.S., s. 3192.)
NC Gen Stat § 11-7 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 11 - Oaths|Article 1 - General Provisions.|§ 11-7 - Oath or affirmation to support Constitutions; all officers to take.

 11-7. Oath or affirmation to support Constitutions; all officers to take.Every member of the General Assembly and every person elected or appointed to hold any office of trust or profit in the State shall, before taking office or entering upon the execution of the office, take and subscribe to the following oath:"I, ___________, do solemnly and sincerely swear that I will support the Constitution of the United States; that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to the State of North Carolina, and to the constitutional powers and authorities which are or may be established for the government thereof; and that I will endeavor to support, maintain and defend the Constitution of said State, not inconsistent with the Constitution of the United States, to the best of my knowledge and ability; so help me God." (1781, c. 342, s. 1, P.R.; R.C., c. 76, s. 4; Code, s. 3312; Rev., s. 2358; C.S., s. 3194; 1985, c. 756, s. 5.)
NC Gen Stat § 11-7.1 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 11 - Oaths|Article 1 - General Provisions.|§ 11-7.1 - Who may administer oaths of office.

 11-7.1. Who may administer oaths of office.(a) Except as otherwise specifically required by statute, an oath of office may be administered by any of the following:(1) A justice, judge, magistrate, clerk, assistant clerk, or deputy clerk of the General Court of Justice, a retired justice, judge, or clerk of the General Court of Justice, or any member of the federal judiciary.(2) The Secretary of State.(3) A notary public.(4) A register of deeds.(5) A mayor of any city, town, or incorporated village.(5a) A chairman of the board of commissioners of any county.(6) A member of the House of Representatives or Senate of the General Assembly.(7) The clerk of any county, city, town or incorporated village.(b) The administration of an oath by any judge of the Court of Appeals prior to March 7, 1969, is hereby validated.  (1953, c. 23; 1969, c. 44, s. 25; c. 499; c. 713, s. 1; 1971, c. 381, s. 10; 1977, c. 344, s. 2; 1979, c. 757; 1981, c. 682, s. 2; 1983, c. 648, s. 1; 1995, c. 147, s. 1; 2019-243, s. 14.)