18 NCAC 07B .0804          PROHIBITION ON USE OF ACCOMMODATION AS INTERMEDIARY LANGUAGE

An interpreter, transliterator, or CART captioner shall not act as a bridge or relay interpreter to facilitate communication between a notary public and a principal who do not share a common language. This rule does not prohibit interpretation by an interpreter between a principal who uses American Sign Language and a notary who speaks English.

Note: An example of a bridge or relay interpretation between a notary and principal who do not share a common language would be an interpreter who translates a principal's Chinese into English for a notary and the notary's English into Chinese sign language for the principal with hearing impairment.

History Note:        Authority G.S. 10B-4; 10B-134.15; 10B-134.17; 10B-134.21; 10B-134.23

Eff. July 1, 2025.