North Carolina § 10B-70 - Certain notarial acts for local government agencies validated.

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§ 10B-70. Certain notarial acts for local government agencies validated.

Any acknowledgment taken and any instrument notarized for a local government agency by a person prior to qualification as a notary public but after commissioning or recommissioning as a notary public, by a person whose notary commission has expired, or by a person who failed to qualify within 45 days of commissioning as required by G.S. 10B-10, is hereby validated. The acknowledgment and instrument shall have the same legal effect as if the person qualified as a notary public at the time the person performed the act. This section shall apply to notarial acts performed for a local government agency on or after October 31, 2006, and before June 30, 2007. Any electronic document filed in the Mecklenburg County Register of Deeds office that purports to be notarized in the Commonwealth of Virginia and that contains the typed name of a Virginia notary together with the notary's expiration date shall be given the same legal effect as if the person performed a lawful notarization in Virginia. History (2007-484, s. 27; 2008-194, s. 4.) Effect of Amendments. - Session Laws 2008-194, s. 4, effective August 8, 2008, designated the previously existing provisions as subsection (a); and added subsection (b).

Source: official North Carolina text · Last verified 2026-08-27

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