North Carolina § 10B-41 - Notarial certificate for an acknowledgment.
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§ 10B-41. Notarial certificate for an acknowledgment.
When properly completed by a notary, a notarial certificate that substantially complies with the following form may be used and shall be sufficient under the law of this State to satisfy the requirements for a notarial certificate for the acknowledgment of a principal who is an individual acting in his or her own right or who is an individual acting in a representative or fiduciary capacity. The authorization of the form in this section does not preclude the use of other forms. Repealed by Session Laws 2006-59, s. 19, effective October 1, 2006, and except as otherwise set forth in the act, applicable to notarial acts performed on or after October 1, 2006. The notary's printed or typed name as shown in the form provided in subsection (a) of this section is not required if the legible appearance of the notary's name may be ascertained from the notary's typed or printed name near the notary's signature or from elsewhere in the notarial certificate or from the notary's seal if the name is legible. ____________________________ County, North Carolina I certify that the following person(s) personally appeared before me this day, each acknowledging to me that he or she signed the foregoing document: name(s) of principal(s). Date: ______________ Official Signature of Notary Notary's printed or typed name, Notary Public (Official Seal) My commission expires: ____________ History (2005-391, s. 4; 2006-59, s. 19.) Editor's Note. - Session Laws 2005-391, s. 4, enacted this section as G.S. 10B-26. It has been renumbered as this section at the direction of the Revisor of Statutes. Effect of Amendments. - Session Laws 2006-59, s. 19, effective October 1, 2006, and except as otherwise set forth in this act, applicable to notarial acts performed on or after that date, rewrote the section.
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