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§337.  Fees, salary, and excess funds of custodian

NOTE:  Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 621, §20(A), eff. Jan. 1, 2009.

A.  The custodian may charge and receive the same fees of office as are allowed by law to other notaries for the making and certifying of copies.  The compensation of the custodian shall not exceed forty thousand dollars per annum and any remainder of fees shall be used solely to operate and maintain the functions of the office of notarial records.

B.  Any unexpended or unencumbered funds remaining at the end of the fiscal year to the credit of the account of monies, fees, or sums collected by the custodian of notarial records shall be dedicated to microfilming or other imaging projects to ensure the indefinite survival of the records.

Amended by Acts 1950, No. 176, §1; Acts 1956, No. 69, §1; Acts 1988, No. 650, §1, eff. July 15, 1988; Acts 1997, No. 1102, §1; Acts 2001, No. 632, §1; Acts 2006, No. 621, §20(A), eff. Jan. 1, 2009.