Oklahoma § 49-118 - Certification of notarial act

§ 49-118. Certification of notarial act

A. A notarial act must be evidenced by a certificate signed and

dated by a notarial officer. The certificate shall include

identification of the jurisdiction in which the notarial act is

performed and the title of the office of the notarial officer and

may include the official stamp or seal of office. If the officer is

a notary public, the certificate must also indicate the date of

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expiration, if any, of the commission of office, but omission of

that information may subsequently be corrected. If the officer is a

commissioned officer on active duty in the military service of the

United States, it must also include the rank of the officer.

B. A certificate of a notarial act is sufficient if it meets

the requirements of subsection A of this section and it:

1. is in the short form set forth in Section 9 of this act;

2. is in a form otherwise prescribed by the law of this state;

3. is in a form prescribed by the laws or regulations

applicable in the place in which the notarial act was performed; or

4. sets forth the actions of the notarial officer and those are

sufficient to meet the requirements of the designated notarial act.

C. By executing a certificate of a notarial act, the notarial

officer certifies that the officer has made the determinations

required by Section 3 of this act.

Added by Laws 1985, c. 131, § 8, eff. Nov. 1, 1985.