2016 Idaho Statutes
Title 51 - NOTARIES PUBLIC AND COMMISSIONERS OF DEEDS
Chapter 1 - IDAHO NOTARY PUBLIC ACT
Section 51-105 - APPOINTMENT PROCEDURE -- OATH.

51-105. Appointment procedure -- Oath. (1) Each person to be appointed a notary public shall submit an application to the secretary of state on a form prescribed by the secretary of state. The application shall include such information as the secretary of state shall deem proper and shall include that the applicant:

(a) Is at least eighteen (18) years of age;

(b) Is a resident of the state of Idaho or a nonresident who is employed in or doing business in the state of Idaho;

(c) Is able to read and write the English language; and

(d) Has not been convicted of a serious crime nor removed from office for official misconduct during the immediately preceding ten (10) year period.

The applicant shall also take the following oath, which shall appear on the application form:

"I,...................., solemnly swear (or affirm) that the answers to all questions in this application are true, complete and correct; that I have carefully read the notary laws of this State and I am familiar with their provisions; that I will uphold the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution and laws of the State of Idaho; and that I will faithfully perform, to the best of my ability, the duties of the office of notary public, and I do hereby voluntarily submit myself to the continuing jurisdiction of the courts of the state of Idaho and to the processes thereof."

The oath shall be signed and sworn to (or affirmed) by the applicant in the presence of a notary public or other person authorized to administer oaths in this state.

(2) Each person to be appointed a notary public shall execute and append to the application a bond to the state of Idaho in the amount of ten thousand dollars ($10,000). The surety that provides the bond shall be:

(a) A bonding or surety company authorized to do business in this state; or

(b) The risk management office in the department of administration for the state of Idaho if the applicant is regularly employed by the state and the commission is required in the scope of that employment.

History:

[51-105, added 1984, ch. 259, sec. 2, p. 621; am. 1992, ch. 234, sec. 2, p. 701; am. 1994, ch. 145, sec. 1, p. 324; am. 2015, ch. 244, sec. 32, p. 1025.]