Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Chapter 3 - Revised Uniform Law on Notarial Acts
Section 326 - Validity of notarial acts


(a) Failures.--Except as otherwise provided in section 304(b) (relating to authority to perform notarial act), the failure of a notarial officer to perform a duty or meet a requirement specified in this chapter does not invalidate a notarial act performed by the notarial officer.
(b) Invalidation.--The validity of a notarial act under this chapter does not prevent an aggrieved person from seeking to invalidate the record or transaction which is the subject of the notarial act or from seeking other remedies based on Federal law or the law of this Commonwealth other than this chapter.
(c) Lack of authority.--This section does not validate a purported notarial act performed by an individual who does not have the authority to perform notarial acts.

Structure Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes

Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes

Title 57 - NOTARIES PUBLIC

Chapter 3 - Revised Uniform Law on Notarial Acts

Extra - Chapter Notes

Section 301 - Short title of chapter

Section 302 - Definitions

Section 303 - Applicability

Section 304 - Authority to perform notarial act

Section 305 - Requirements for certain notarial acts

Section 306 - Personal appearance required

Section 306.1 - Notarial act performed for remotely located individual

Section 307 - Identification of individual

Section 308 - Authority to refuse to perform notarial act

Section 310 - Notarial act in this Commonwealth

Section 311 - Notarial act in another state

Section 312 - Notarial act under authority of federally recognized Indian tribe

Section 313 - Notarial act under Federal authority

Section 314 - Foreign notarial act

Section 315 - Certificate of notarial act

Section 316 - Short form certificates

Section 317 - Official stamp

Section 318 - Stamping device

Section 319 - Journal

Section 320 - Notification regarding performance of notarial act on electronic record; selection of technology

Section 321 - Appointment and commission as notary public; qualifications; no immunity or benefit

Section 322 - Examination, basic education and continuing education

Section 323 - Sanctions

Section 324 - Database of notaries public

Section 325 - Prohibited acts

Section 326 - Validity of notarial acts

Section 327 - Regulations

Section 328 - Notary public commission in effect

Section 329 - Savings clause

Section 329.1 - Fees of notaries public

Section 330 - Uniformity of application and construction

Section 331 - Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act