(a) A notary public is responsible for the security of the notary public's stamping device and may not allow another individual to use the device to perform a notarial act.
(b) On resignation from, or the revocation or expiration of, the notary public's commission, or on the expiration of the date set forth in the stamping device the notary public shall disable the stamping device by destroying, defacing, damaging, erasing, or securing it against use in a manner that renders it unusable.
(c) On the death or adjudication of incompetency of a notary public, the notary public's personal representative or guardian or any other person knowingly in possession of the stamping device shall render it unusable by destroying, defacing, damaging, erasing, or securing it against use in a manner that renders it unusable.
(d) If a notary public's stamping device is lost or stolen, the notary public or the notary public's personal representative or guardian shall promptly notify the Secretary of State on discovering that the device is lost or stolen.
Structure Delaware Code
Subchapter II. Revised Uniform Law on Notarial Acts [Effective Aug. 1, 2023].
§ 4321. Definitions [Effective until Aug. 1, 2023].
§ 4322. Notarial acts [Effective until Aug. 1, 2023].
§ 4323. Notarial acts — Acts in this State [Effective until Aug. 1, 2023].
§ 4325. Notarial acts — Acts under federal authority [Effective until Aug. 1, 2023].
§ 4326. Foreign notarial acts [Effective until Aug. 1, 2023].
§ 4327. Certificate of notarial acts [Effective until Aug. 1, 2023].
§ 4328. Short forms [Effective until Aug. 1, 2023].
§ 4329. Electronic certificate of authority [Effective until Aug. 1, 2023].
§ 4315. Short title [Effective Aug. 1, 2023].
§ 4316. Definitions [Effective Aug. 1, 2023].
§ 4317. Authority to perform notarial act [Effective Aug. 1, 2023].
§ 4318. Requirements for certain notarial acts [Effective Aug. 1, 2023].
§ 4319. Personal appearance required [Effective Aug. 1, 2023].
§ 4320. Notarial act performed for remotely located individual [Effective Aug. 1, 2023].
§ 4321. Identification of individual [Effective Aug. 1, 2023].
§ 4322. Authority to refuse to perform notarial act [Effective Aug. 1, 2023].
§ 4322A. Signature if individual unable to sign [Effective Aug. 1, 2023].
§ 4323. Notarial act in this State [Effective Aug. 1, 2023].
§ 4324. Notarial act in another state [Effective Aug. 1, 2023].
§ 4325. Notarial act under authority of federally recognized Indian tribe [Effective Aug. 1, 2023].
§ 4326. Notarial act under federal authority [Effective Aug. 1, 2023].
§ 4327. Foreign notarial act [Effective Aug. 1, 2023].
§ 4328. Certificate of notarial act [Effective Aug. 1, 2023].
§ 4329. Short form certificates [Effective Aug. 1, 2023].
§ 4330. Official stamp of a notary public [Effective Aug. 1, 2023].
§ 4331. Stamping device of a notary public [Effective Aug. 1, 2023].
§ 4332. Journal of a notary public [Effective Aug. 1, 2023].
§ 4335. Database of notaries public [Effective Aug. 1, 2023].
§ 4336. Prohibited acts of a notary public [Effective Aug. 1, 2023].
§ 4337. Validity of notarial acts [Effective Aug. 1, 2023].
§ 4338. Regulatory authority [Effective Aug. 1, 2023].
§ 4339. Notary public commission in effect [Effective Aug. 1, 2023].
§ 4340. Applicability; savings clause [Effective Aug. 1, 2023].
§ 4341. Uniformity of application and construction [Effective Aug. 1, 2023].