No person shall be commissioned as a notary public or electronic notary public pursuant to this title until he submits an application fee as set forth in § 2.2-409 and a complete and correct application to the Secretary of the Commonwealth, in a form prescribed by the Secretary, which shall include the oath of the applicant, signed and sworn before some officer authorized by law to administer oaths, that the answers to all questions on the application are true and complete to the best of his knowledge and that he is qualified to be appointed and commissioned as a notary public. The Secretary may accept applications by electronic means.
Any application fee shall be waived for an application filed by a clerk or deputy clerk of a circuit or district court.
Code 1950, § 47-2; 1962, p. 687; 1976, c. 559; 1979, c. 14; 1980, c. 580; 2001, c. 488; 2002, c. 832; 2007, cc. 269, 590; 2008, cc. 117, 814.
Structure Code of Virginia
Title 47.1 - Notaries and Out-of-State Commissioners
§ 47.1-3. Power of appointment
§ 47.1-4. Qualification for appointment
§ 47.1-5.1. Application for recommission
§ 47.1-6.1. Standards for electronic notarization
§ 47.1-7. Additional requirements for performing electronic notarial acts
§ 47.1-8. Commission to be issued, etc.
§ 47.1-9. Oath of notary; duties of clerks
§ 47.1-10. Records of the Secretary
§ 47.1-11. Reference materials
§ 47.1-11.1. Evidence of authenticity of electronic notarial act