2019 Maryland Code
State Government
Title 18 - Notarial Acts
Subtitle 2 - Revised Uniform Law on Notarial Acts.
§ 18-217. Requirements for official stamp.
** TAKES EFFECT OCTOBER 1, 2020 PER CHAPTER 407 OF 2019 **
(a) The official stamp of a notary public shall:
(1) include:
(i) the notary public’s name, jurisdiction, and office;
(ii) the county in which the notary public resides or was qualified; and
(iii) any other information required by the Secretary of State; and
(2) be capable of being copied together with the record to which it is affixed or attached or with which it is logically associated.
(b) A notary public commissioned under the laws of this State shall include in the notary public’s official stamp or within a certificate of notarial act the expiration date of the notary public’s commission as a notary public.
(c) A notary public’s official stamp is a public seal.
