GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1989

S	1 

SENATE BILL 75

Short Title:  Notary Must Be Resident of State.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Senators Sands; Block, Daniel, Murphy and Johnson of Wake.
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Referred to:  Judiciary II.
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January 30, 1989

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO REQUIRE THAT IN ORDER TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR APPOINTMENT AS A NOTARY PUBLIC A PERSON MUST BE A RESIDENT OF NORTH CAROLINA.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 10-1.1(a) reads as rewritten:
	"(a) To be eligible for appointment as a notary public a person shall:
(1)	Apply for appointment on a form to be provided by the Secretary of State to be made available at the office of the register of deeds of each county.
(2)	Be 18 years of age or older and a resident of North Carolina.
(3)	Possess a high school diploma or its equivalent.
(4)	Obtain a recommendation as to character and fitness from one  publicly elected official in North Carolina.
(5)	Satisfactorily complete a course of study approved by the Secretary of State which shall consist of not less than three hours nor more than six hours of classroom instruction; except that practicing attorneys at law shall be exempt from this requirement. Local bar associations shall be qualified to teach or conduct a course of instruction upon authorization by the Secretary of State.
(6)	Purchase a manual approved by the Secretary of State that describes the duties, authority and ethical responsibilities of notaries public."
Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective 60 days after ratification.