2005 Vermont Code - § 442. — Oath; certificate of appointment recorded; form

§ 442. Oath; certificate of appointment recorded; form

A person appointed as notary public shall cause the certificate of his appointment to be filed and recorded in the office of the county clerk where issued. Before entering upon the duties of his office he, as well as an ex officio notary, shall take the oath prescribed by the constitution, and shall duly subscribe the same with his correct signature, which oath thus subscribed shall be kept on file by the county clerk as a part of the records of such county.

The certificate of appointment shall be substantially in the following form:

STATE OF VERMONT,

ss.

__________________ County

This is to certify that A.B. of _______________________________ in such county, was, on the ____________ day of ____________, 20 ______, appointed by the judges of the superior court for such county a notary public for the term ending on February 10, 20 ______.

____________________________________________ Judges of the

____________________________________________ superior court.

____________________________________________

And at ____________ in such county, on this ____________ day of ________________, 20 ______ personally appeared A.B. __________________ and took oath of office prescribed in the constitution.

Before me,

C. D. ___________________________________________

(Designation of the officer administering the oath).

(Amended 1973, No. 193 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. April 9, 1974.)