52:7-18 - Statement by notary public after change in name;Ā filing; evidence of continuance of powers and privileges
52:7-18.Ā Statement by notary public after change in name;Ā filing; evidence of continuance of powers and privileges
After a notary public adopts a name different from that which he used at theĀ time he was commissioned, and before he signs his name to any document which heĀ is authorized or required to sign as notary public, he shall make and sign aĀ statement in writing and under oath, on a form prescribed and furnished by theĀ Secretary of State, setting out the circumstances under which he has adoptedĀ the new name.Ā The statement shall set forth whether the new name has beenĀ adopted through marriage or by a change of name proceeding or otherwise, andĀ such other information as the Secretary of State shall require.
The statement shall be filed in the office of the Secretary of State and inĀ the office of the clerk of the county where he qualified as a notary public andĀ in the office of the clerk of any county in which he may have filed aĀ certificate of his commission and qualification.
Such statement, or a certified copy thereof, shall be evidence of the rightĀ of said notary public to continue to exercise the powers and privileges andĀ perform the duties of a notary public in his changed and new name.
L.1979, c. 460, s. 9.
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After a notary public adopts a name different from that which he used at theĀ time he was commissioned, and before he signs his name to any document which heĀ is authorized or required to sign as notary public, he shall make and sign aĀ statement in writing and under oath, on a form prescribed and furnished by theĀ Secretary of State, setting out the circumstances under which he has adoptedĀ the new name.Ā The statement shall set forth whether the new name has beenĀ adopted through marriage or by a change of name proceeding or otherwise, andĀ such other information as the Secretary of State shall require.
The statement shall be filed in the office of the Secretary of State and inĀ the office of the clerk of the county where he qualified as a notary public andĀ in the office of the clerk of any county in which he may have filed aĀ certificate of his commission and qualification.
Such statement, or a certified copy thereof, shall be evidence of the rightĀ of said notary public to continue to exercise the powers and privileges andĀ perform the duties of a notary public in his changed and new name.
L.1979, c. 460, s. 9.
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