(a) Department.--The fees of notaries public shall be fixed by the department by regulation.
(b) Prohibition.--A notary public may not charge or receive a notary public fee in excess of the fee fixed by the department.
(c) Operation.--
(1) The fees of the notary public shall be separately stated.
(2) A notary public may waive the right to charge a fee.
(3) Unless paragraph (2) applies, a notary public shall:
(i) display fees in a conspicuous location in the place of business of the notary public; or
(ii) provide fees, upon request, to a person utilizing the services of the notary public.
(d) Presumption.--The fee for a notary public:
(1) shall be the property of the notary public; and
(2) unless mutually agreed by the notary public and the employer, shall not belong to or be received by the entity that employs the notary public.
Effective Date. Section 5(1)(ii) of Act 73 of 2013 provided that subsec. (a) shall take effect immediately.
Cross References. Section 329.1 is referred to in section 327 of this title.
Structure Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Chapter 3 - Revised Uniform Law on Notarial Acts
Section 301 - Short title of chapter
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 321 - Appointment and commission as notary public; qualifications; no immunity or benefit
Section 322 - Examination, basic education and continuing education
Section 324 - Database of notaries public
Section 326 - Validity of notarial acts
Section 328 - Notary public commission in effect
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