Maine Revised Statutes
Chapter 19: NOTARIES PUBLIC (WHOLE CHAPTER TEXT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 7/01/23)
4 §954-A. Conflict of interest (WHOLE SECTION TEXT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 7/01/23)

§954-A. Conflict of interest
(CONTAINS TEXT WITH VARYING EFFECTIVE DATES)
(WHOLE SECTION TEXT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 7/01/23)
A notary public may not perform any notarial act for any person if that person is the notary public's spouse, parent, sibling, child, spouse's parent, spouse's sibling, spouse's child or child's spouse, except that a notary public may solemnize the marriage of the notary public's parent, sibling, child, spouse's parent, spouse's sibling or spouse's child. It is a conflict of interest for a notary public to administer an oath or affirmation to a circulator of a petition for a direct initiative or people's veto referendum under Title 21‑A, section 902 if the notary public also provides services that are not notarial acts to initiate or promote that direct initiative or people's veto referendum. This section does not affect or apply to notarial acts performed before August 4, 1988.   [PL 2017, c. 418, §1 (AMD).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1987, c. 573, §1 (NEW). PL 1989, c. 137 (AMD). RR 1997, c. 2, §6 (COR). PL 1999, c. 425, §1 (AMD). PL 2017, c. 418, §1 (AMD).

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