2022 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Act 154 - NOTARIES PUBLIC (57 PA.C.S.) - APPOINTMENT AND COMMISSION AS NOTARY PUBLIC, QUALIFICATIONS AND NO IMMUNITY OR BENEFIT

Session of 2022

No. 2022-154

 

SB 807

 

AN ACT

 

Amending Title 57 (Notaries Public) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in revised uniform law on notarial acts, further providing for appointment and commission as notary public, qualifications and no immunity or benefit.

 

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania hereby enacts as follows:

 

Section 1.  Section 321(d.1) of Title 57 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:

§ 321.  Appointment and commission as notary public; qualifications; no immunity or benefit.

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(d.1)  Official signature.--

(1)  The official signature of each notary public shall be registered[, for a fee of 50¢,] in the "Notary Register" provided for that purpose in the prothonotary's office or the office of the recorder of deeds of the county where the notary public maintains an office within:

(i)  45 days after appointment or reappointment; and

(ii)  30 days after moving to a different county.

(2)  In a county of the second class, the official signature of each notary public shall be registered in the office of the clerk of courts within the time periods specified in paragraph (1).

(3)  On the same day that an official signature of a notary public is registered under paragraph (1), the office of the recorder of deeds may electronically transfer a copy of the official signature of the notary public to the prothonotary's office of the county where the notary public maintains an office. In lieu of an electronic transfer, a hard copy of the official signature shall be provided to the prothonotary's office.

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Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.

 

APPROVED--The 3rd day of November, A.D. 2022.

 

TOM WOLF

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