§ 5322. Advisor appointees
(a) The Secretary of State shall appoint two notaries public to serve as advisors in matters relating to notarial acts. One of the advisors shall be an attorney selected from a list of at least three licensed attorneys provided by the Vermont Bar Association. The advisors shall be appointed for staggered five-year terms and serve at the pleasure of the Secretary. One of the initial appointments shall be for less than a five-year term.
(b) Each appointee shall have at least three years of experience as a notary public during the period immediately preceding appointment and shall be actively commissioned in Vermont and remain in good standing during incumbency.
(c) The Office shall seek the advice of the advisor appointees in carrying out the provisions of this chapter. The appointees shall be entitled to compensation and reimbursement of expenses as set forth in 32 V.S.A. § 1010 for attendance at any meeting called by the Office for this purpose. (Added 2017, No. 160 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. July 1, 2019.)
Structure Vermont Statutes
Title 26 - Professions and Occupations
§ 5302. Uniformity of application and construction
§ 5303. Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act
§ 5321. Secretary of State’s Office duties
§ 5341. Commission as notary public; qualifications; no immunity or benefit
§ 5342. Grounds to deny, refuse to renew, revoke, suspend, or condition commission of notary public
§ 5343. Renewals; continuing education
§ 5344. Database of notaries public
§ 5345. Prohibitions; offenses
§ 5361. Notarial acts in this State; authority to perform
§ 5362. Authorized notarial acts
§ 5363. Requirements for certain notarial acts
§ 5364. Personal appearance required
§ 5365. Identification of individual
§ 5366. Signature if individual unable to sign
§ 5367. Certificate of notarial act
§ 5368. Short-form certificates
§ 5372. Authority to refuse to perform notarial act
§ 5373. Validity of notarial acts
§ 5374. Notarial act in another state
§ 5375. Notarial act under authority of federally recognized Indian tribe
§ 5376. Notarial act under federal authority
§ 5377. Evidence of authenticity of notarial act performed in this State
§ 5379. Notarial act performed for remotely located individual
§ 5380. Computer technology and identity proofing providers; minimum standards