Connecticut § 3-94o - Change of name of notary. Fees.
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§ 3-94o. Change of name of notary. Fees.
Sec. 3-94o. Change of name of notary. Fees. (a) Within thirty days after a change in the name of a notary public, the notary shall file a notice of the change with the Secretary, on a form prescribed and provided by the Secretary. The notice shall state the notary's old and new names and the effective date of the new name, include such proof of the change of name as the Secretary shall require, be signed by the notary and be accompanied by a nonrefundable fee of fifteen dollars. The notary shall, within thirty days after the issuance of a replacement certificate of appointment by the Secretary, record such certificate with the town clerk of the municipality wherein the notary recorded the notary's original certificate of appointment and oath of office. The failure of a notary to so record such replacement certificate shall not invalidate any notarial act performed by the notary. Any town clerk who is required by statute to make a record of the certificate of appointment and oath of office of a notary shall record the replacement certificate of appointment containing the change of name of the notary upon payment of a fee of fifteen dollars by such notary to the town clerk.
(b) Beginning on the date of issuance of such replacement certificate of appointment by the Secretary, the notary public shall (1) sign the notary's new name on all notarial certificates, and (2) if the notary uses a notarial seal, use only a notarial seal that contains the notary's new name.
(P.A. 90-154, S. 15; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3, S. 144.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3 amended Subsec. (a) to increase fee for name change from $5 to $15 and to increase fee for recording replacement certificate from $1 to $15.
Cited. 230 C. 24.
Source: official Connecticut text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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