10B-70. Certain notarial acts for local government agencies validated.
(a) Any acknowledgment taken and any instrument notarized for a local government agency by a person prior to qualification as a notary public but after commissioning or recommissioning as a notary public, by a person whose notary commission has expired, or by a person who failed to qualify within 45 days of commissioning as required by G.S. 10B-10, is hereby validated. The acknowledgment and instrument shall have the same legal effect as if the person qualified as a notary public at the time the person performed the act. This section shall apply to notarial acts performed for a local government agency on or after October 31, 2006, and before June 30, 2007.
(b) Any electronic document filed in the Mecklenburg County Register of Deeds office that purports to be notarized in the Commonwealth of Virginia and that contains the typed name of a Virginia notary together with the notary's expiration date shall be given the same legal effect as if the person performed a lawful notarization in Virginia. (2007-484, s. 27; 2008-194, s. 4.)
Structure North Carolina General Statutes
North Carolina General Statutes
Article 1 - Notary Public Act.
§ 10B-2 - (Effective until July 1, 2023) Purposes.
§ 10B-6 - Application for commission.
§ 10B-7 - Statement of personal qualification.
§ 10B-8 - Course of study and examination.
§ 10B-9 - Length of term and jurisdiction.
§ 10B-10 - Commission; oath of office; emergency extension.
§ 10B-12 - Notarized declaration.
§ 10B-14 - Instructor's certification.
§ 10B-20 - (Effective until July 1, 2023) Powers and limitations.
§ 10B-21 - Notaries ex officio.
§ 10B-22 - False certificate; foreign language certificates.
§ 10B-25 - (Expires June 30, 2023 see note) Emergency video notarization.
§ 10B-30 - Imposition and waiver of fees.
§ 10B-31 - Fees for notarial acts.
§ 10B-35 - Official signature.
§ 10B-40 - Notarial certificates in general.
§ 10B-41 - Notarial certificate for an acknowledgment.
§ 10B-42 - Notarial certificate for a verification or of subscribing witness.
§ 10B-42.1 - Notarial certificate for a verification of nonsubscribing witness.
§ 10B-43 - Notarial certificate for an oath or affirmation.
§ 10B-53 - Change of both name and county.
§ 10B-55 - Disposition of seal; death of notary.
§ 10B-60 - (Effective until July 1, 2023) Enforcement and penalties.
§ 10B-65 - Acts of notaries public in certain instances validated.
§ 10B-66 - Certain notarial acts validated.
§ 10B-67 - Erroneous commission expiration date cured.
§ 10B-68 - Technical defects cured.
§ 10B-69 - Official forms cured.
§ 10B-70 - Certain notarial acts for local government agencies validated.
§ 10B-71 - Certain notarial acts validated when recommissioned notary failed to again take oath.