(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, a notarial officer may perform a notarial act authorized by the laws of the State.
(b) (1) A notarial officer may not perform a notarial act with respect to a record to which the notarial officer or the spouse of the notarial officer is a party, or in which either the notarial officer or the spouse of the notarial officer has a direct beneficial interest.
(2) A notarial act performed in violation of paragraph (1) of this subsection is voidable.
(c) A notarial officer may certify that a tangible copy of an electronic record is an accurate copy of the electronic record.
Structure Maryland Statutes
Subtitle 2 - Revised Uniform Law on Notarial Acts
Section 18-202 - Applicability
Section 18-203 - Performance of Notarial Act
Section 18-204 - Verification, Attestation, Certification, or Protest
Section 18-205 - Acts Relating to Statements or Signatures
Section 18-206 - Evidence of Identity of Individuals
Section 18-207 - Refusal to Perform
Section 18-208 - Inability to Sign Record
Section 18-209 - Performance of Notarial Acts
Section 18-210 - Acts Performed in Another State
Section 18-212 - Act Performed Under Federal Law
Section 18-214 - Performance of Act Using Communication Technology for Remotely Located Individual
Section 18-215 - Certification of Notarial Acts
Section 18-216 - Form of Certificates
Section 18-217 - Requirements for Official Stamp
Section 18-218 - Security of Stamping Device
Section 18-219 - Journal for Documenting Notarial Acts
Section 18-220 - Selection of Technology for Use With Electronic Records
Section 18-221 - Failure to Perform Duty or Meet Requirement; Effect on Notarial Act
Section 18-224 - Restrictions on Authority Conferred by Commission
Section 18-225 - Construction of Subtitle
Section 18-226 - Construction With Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act