It shall be lawful for any notary public who is a stockholder, director, officer, or employee of a bank or other corporation to take the acknowledgment of any party to any written instrument to or by such corporation, or to administer an oath to any other stockholder, director, officer, employee, or agent of such corporation, or to protest for nonacceptance or nonpayment bills of exchange, drafts, checks, notes, and other negotiable instruments which may be owned or held for collection by such corporation; provided, it shall be unlawful for any notary public to take the acknowledgment of an instrument by or to a bank or other corporation of which he is a stockholder, director, officer, or employee, where such notary is a party to such instrument, either individually or as a representative of such corporation, or to protest any negotiable instrument owned or held for collection by such corporation, where such notary is individually a party to such instrument.
Structure Mississippi Code
Title 25 - Public Officers and Employees; Public Records
§ 25-33-1. Appointment, bond and oath; issuance of new certificate; qualifications
§ 25-33-3. To procure seals; delivery of copy of seal provisions
§ 25-33-5. Register of official acts
§ 25-33-7. Disposal of register and papers
§ 25-33-9. Administering oaths and affirmations; affidavit of notary public
§ 25-33-13. Affixation of expiration date of commission
§ 25-33-15. Record of protest of bill or note
§ 25-33-17. Ex officio notaries public
§ 25-33-19. Common seal of such officers
§ 25-33-21. Acknowledgment by notary public as stockholder
§ 25-33-23. Notarial acts of commissioned officers of United States armed forces
§ 25-33-25. Notice that a notary public is not an attorney