Oklahoma § 49-112 - Definitions

§ 49-112. Definitions

As used in the Uniform Law on Notarial Acts:

1. "Notarial acts" means any act that a notary public of this

state is authorized to perform, and includes taking an

acknowledgment, administering an oath or affirmation, taking a

verification upon oath or affirmation, witnessing or attesting a

signature, certifying or attesting a copy, and noting a protest of a

negotiable instrument.

2. "Acknowledgment" means a declaration by a person that the

person has executed an instrument for the purposes stated therein

and, if the instrument is executed in a representative capacity,

that the person signed the instrument with proper authority and

executed it as the act of the person or entity represented and

identified therein.

3. "Verification upon oath or affirmation" means a declaration

that a statement is true made by a person upon oath or affirmation.

4. "In a representative capacity" means:

a.

for and on behalf of a corporation, partnership,

trust, or other entity, as an authorized officer,

agent, partner, trustee, or other representative;

b.

as a public officer, personal representative,

guardian, or other representative, in the capacity

recited in the instrument;

c.

as an attorney-in-fact for a principal; or

d.

in any other capacity as an authorized representative

of another.

5. "Notarial officer" means a notary public or any other person

authorized to perform notarial acts in the place in which the act is

performed.

Added by Laws 1985, c. 131, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 1985.