Vermont § 5373 - Validity of notarial acts

§ 5373. Validity of notarial acts

• (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection 5372(b) of this chapter, the failure of
  a notary public to perform a duty or meet a requirement specified in this chapter
  shall not impair the marketability of title or invalidate a notarial act or a certification
  evidencing the notarial act. (b) An acknowledgment that contains a notary commission expiration date that is either
  inaccurate or expired shall not invalidate the acknowledgment if it can be established
  that on the date the acknowledgment was taken, the notary public’s commission was
  active. (c) The validity of a notarial act under this chapter shall not prevent an aggrieved person
  from seeking to invalidate the record or transaction that is the subject of the notarial
  act or from seeking other remedies based on law of this State other than this chapter
  or law of the United States. (d) Defects in the written evidence of acknowledgment in a document in the public records
  may be cured by the notary public who performed the original notarial act. The notary
  public shall, under oath and before a different notary public, execute a writing correcting
  any defect. Upon recording, the corrective document corrects any deficiency and ratifies
  the original written evidence of acknowledgment as of the date the acknowledgment
  was originally taken. (e) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, a document that conveys an interest
  in real property shall be recordable in the land records and, if recorded, shall be
  sufficient for record notice to third parties, notwithstanding the failure of a notary
  public to perform any duty or meet any requirement specified in this chapter. Such
  failure includes the failure to comply in full or in part with the requirements of
  sections 5367-5369 of this title. (f) This section does not validate a purported notarial act performed by an individual
  who does not have the authority to perform notarial acts. (Added 2017, No. 160 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. July 1, 2019.)