2009 North Carolina Code
Chapter 66 - Commerce and Business.
§ 66-271. Definitions.

§ 66‑271.  Definitions.

The following definitions apply in this Article:

(1)        Authentication. – Certification of the genuineness of an official's signature, seal, or position within the State of North Carolina so the document can be recognized in a foreign jurisdiction.

(2)        Department. – The Department of the Secretary of State.

(3)        Foreign jurisdiction. – A jurisdiction outside the State of North Carolina.

(4)        Foreign official. – An individual authorized by a foreign jurisdiction to attest to the genuineness of a document or to the position of an individual within that foreign jurisdiction.

(5)        Notary public. – Defined in G.S. 10B‑3.

(6)        Official. – An individual who is a notary public, an individual who is elected or appointed to hold an office in State government, or an individual who is elected or appointed to hold an office in a local governmental unit of this State.

(7)        Secretary. – The Secretary of State.

(8)        Specimen. – A record of a person's signature, seal, or position as an official within the State maintained in the Department. (1998‑228, s. 14; 2005‑391, s. 5.)