District Of Columbia § 42-147 - Certificate of notarial acts.
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§ 42-147. Certificate of notarial acts.
42-147A notarial act shall be evidenced by a certificate signed and dated by a notarial officer. The certificate shall include identification of the jurisdiction in which the notarial act is performed and the title of the office of the notarial officer and shall include the official stamp or seal of office. If the officer is a notary public, the certificate shall indicate the expiration date, if any, of the commission of office. Omission of the expiration date information may subsequently be corrected. If the officer is a commissioned officer on active duty in the military service of the United States, as provided in 10 U.S.C. § 936, the certificate shall include the officer’s rank and title of office.
A certificate of a notarial act shall be sufficient if the certificate meets the requirements of subsection (a) of this section and:
Is in the short form set forth in ;
Is in a form otherwise prescribed by the law of the District;
Is in a form prescribed by a law or regulation applicable in the place where the notarial act was performed; or
Sets forth the actions of the notarial officer and those actions that are sufficient to meet the requirements of the designated notarial act.
By executing a certificate of a notarial act, the notarial officer certifies that the officer has made the determinations required by .
Annotations
Uniform Law: This section is based upon § 7 of the Uniform Law on Notarial Acts.
Application of 9-52: Section 3 of provided that the act shall apply as of March 6, 1991.
Source: official District Of Columbia text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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