2019 Missouri Revised Statutes
Title XXXII - Courts
Chapter 486 - Commissioners of Deeds and Notaries Public
Section 486.305 Loss of seal or journal, notice to secretary of state — new commission issued, notice to public — destruction of seal, notice to secretary of state.
Effective 28 Aug 2016
486.305. Loss of seal or journal, notice to secretary of state — new commission issued, notice to public — destruction of seal, notice to secretary of state. — 1. Any notary public who loses or misplaces his or her journal of notarial acts or official seal shall immediately provide written notice of the fact to the secretary of state. For a lost or misplaced official seal, upon receipt of the written notice, the secretary of state shall issue the notary a new commission number for the notary to order a new seal. The secretary of state may post notice on the secretary of state's website notifying the general public that the lost or misplaced notary seal and commission number of such notary is invalid and is not an acceptable notary commission number.
2. If a notary public's official seal is destroyed, broken, damaged, or otherwise rendered inoperable, the notary shall immediately provide written notice of that fact to the secretary of state.
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(L. 1977 H.B. 513 § 23, A.L. 2016 S.B. 932)
