North Carolina § 10B-53 - Change of both name and county.
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§ 10B-53. Change of both name and county.
Within 45 days after the legal change of a notary's name, and if the notary has also moved to a different county than as last commissioned, the notary shall submit to the Secretary a recommissioning application and fee pursuant to this Chapter. The notary may continue to perform notarial acts under the notary's previous name and seal until all of the following steps have been completed: The notary receives a transmittal receipt of reappointment due to name and county change from the Secretary. The notary obtains a new seal bearing the new name and county exactly as those items appear in the transmittal receipt. The notary appears before the register of deeds to which the commission was delivered within 45 days of recommissioning to be duly qualified by taking the general oath of office prescribed in G.S. 11-11 and the oath prescribed for officers in G.S. 11-7 under the new name and county and to have the notary public record changed to reflect the new name and county. History (1991, c. 683, s. 2; 1995, c. 226, s. 3; 2005-391, s. 4.) Editor's Note. - As enacted, this section contains a subsection (a), but no subsection (b). This section has been set out in the form above at the direction of the Revisor of Statutes. Session Laws 2005-391, s. 4, enacted this section as G.S. 10B-32. It has been renumbered as this section at the direction of the Revisor of Statutes.
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Section 10B-53 ("Change of both name and county.") is part of the North Carolina General Statutes, the codified statutory law of North Carolina. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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