section .0400 - Appointment and Commissioning of Notaries

18 NCAC 07C .0401         APPOINTMENT

(a)  Upon determination that an applicant has complied with all requirements of the Act and this Subchapter, the Director shall appoint or reappoint the applicant to the office of notary public and issue a commissioning certificate.

(b)  The Division shall send the commissioning certificate to the Register of Deeds in the county of commissioning.

(c)  The Division shall send the appointee notice that:

(1)           The commissioning certificate has been issued; and

(2)           The appointee shall appear within 45 days of the commissioning date to take the oath of office before the Register of Deeds in the county of commissioning.

History Note:        Authority G.S. 10B-2; 10B-5; 10B-10; 10B-11; 10B-14(f);

Eff. April 1, 2007;

Pursuant to G.S. 150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without substantive public interest Eff. December 6, 2016;

Transferred from 18 NCA 07B .0501 Eff. June 1, 2023.