RCW 42.45.160
Stamping device—Security.
(1) A notary public is responsible for the security of the notary public's stamping device and may not allow another individual to use the device to perform a notarial act. On resignation from, or the revocation or expiration of, the notary public's commission, or on the expiration of the date set forth in the stamping device, the notary public shall disable the stamping device by destroying, defacing, damaging, erasing, or securing it against use in a manner that renders it unusable. On the death or adjudication of incompetency of a notary public, the notary public's personal representative or guardian or any other person knowingly in possession of the stamping device shall render it unusable by destroying, defacing, damaging, erasing, or securing it against use in a manner that renders it unusable.
(2) The seal or stamp should be kept in a locked and secured area, under the direct and exclusive control of the notary public. If a notary public's stamping device is lost or stolen, the notary public or the notary public's personal representative or guardian shall notify promptly the department on discovering that the device is lost or stolen. Any replacement device must contain a variance from the lost or stolen seal or stamp.
[ 2017 c 281 § 18.]
Structure Revised Code of Washington
Title 42 - Public Officers and Agencies
Chapter 42.45 - Revised Uniform Law on Notarial Acts.
42.45.020 - Authority to perform notarial act.
42.45.030 - Certain notarial acts—Requirements.
42.45.040 - Personal appearance.
42.45.050 - Identification of individual.
42.45.060 - Refusal to perform notarial act.
42.45.070 - Individual unable to sign—Signature.
42.45.080 - Notarial act in this state.
42.45.090 - Notarial act in another state—Effect in this state.
42.45.100 - Notarial act under authority of federally recognized Indian tribe.
42.45.110 - Notarial act under federal authority.
42.45.120 - Foreign notarial act.
42.45.130 - Certificate of notarial act.
42.45.140 - Short form certificates.
42.45.160 - Stamping device—Security.
42.45.190 - Notarial acts on electronic records—Technology—Notification—Standards.
42.45.220 - Database of notaries public.
42.45.240 - Validity of notarial acts.
42.45.260 - Commissions in effect July 1, 2018—Continuation.
42.45.270 - Uniform regulation of business and professions act—Application.
42.45.280 - Electronic records notary public.
42.45.903 - Application—Construction.
42.45.904 - Relation to electronic signatures in global and national commerce act.