North Carolina § 66-271 - Definitions.

§ 66-271. Definitions.

The following definitions apply in this Article: Authentication. - Certification of the genuineness of an official's signature, seal, or position within the State of North Carolina so the document can be recognized in a foreign jurisdiction. Department. - The Department of the Secretary of State. Foreign jurisdiction. - A jurisdiction outside the State of North Carolina. Foreign official. - An individual authorized by a foreign jurisdiction to attest to the genuineness of a document or to the position of an individual within that foreign jurisdiction. Notary public. - Defined in G.S. 10B-3. Official. - An individual who is a notary public, an individual who is elected or appointed to hold an office in State government, or an individual who is elected or appointed to hold an office in a local governmental unit of this State. Secretary. - The Secretary of State. Specimen. - A record of a person's signature, seal, or position as an official within the State maintained in the Department. History (1998-228, s. 14; 2005-391, s. 5.) Editor's Note. - Session Laws 2005-391, s. 12, provides: "This act shall not affect any civil or criminal litigation pending on the effective date of this act. Any act committed prior to the effective date of this act which violated any provision of the statutes repealed or amended by this act shall be subject to enforcement, prosecution, conviction, and punishment as if this act had not been enacted. Any claim arising under any provisions of the statutes repealed or amended by this act prior to the effective date of this act shall remain valid as if this act had not been enacted."