18 NCAC 07E .0104          FEE - EXEMPTION AND FAILURE TO PAY

(a)  An instructor applicant who asserts exemption from the fee pursuant to G.S. 10B-14(c) shall certify on the instructor certification or recertification application form that as of the date of application, the applicant is currently employed as:

(1)           a register of deeds;

(2)           a clerk of court; or

(3)           an employee of the Department and is authorized by the Secretary to teach notary courses as set forth in G.S. 10B-14(c).

(b)  The Department shall refuse to administer the notary public instructor certification exam to an applicant who has failed to pay the fee required for certification or recertification as a notary instructor before the exam date.

History Note:        Authority G.S. 10B-4; 10B-14; 10B-134.21;

Eff. January 1, 2008;

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

Transferred from 18 NCAC 07B .0705 Eff. June 1, 2023;

Amended Eff. July 1, 2024.