A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT To MAKE TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS TO THE NOTARY PUBLIC ACT, AS RECOMMENDED BY THE GENERAL STATUTES COMMISSION.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 10B‑20(l) reads as rewritten:
"(l)	A notary public required to comply with the provisions of subsection (i) of this section shall prominently post at the notary public's place of business a schedule of fees established by law, which a notary public may charge. The fee schedule shall be written in English and in the non‑English language in which the notary services were solicited and shall contain the notice required in subsection (i) of this section, unless the notice is otherwise prominently posted at the notary public's place of business."
SECTION 2.  G.S. 10B‑106(d) reads as rewritten:
"(d)	An electronic form shall be used by an electronic notary in registering with the Secretary and it shall include, at least all of the following:
(1)	The applicant's full legal name and the name to be used for commissioning, excluding nicknames.
(2)	The state and county of commissioning of the registrant.
(3)	The expiration date of the registrant's notary commission.
(4)	Proof of successful completion of the course of instruction on electronic notarization as required by this Article.
(5)	A description of the technology the registrant will use to create an electronic signature in performing official acts.
(6)	If the device used to create the registrant's electronic signature was issued or registered through a licensed certification authority, the name of that authority, the source of the license, the starting and expiration dates of the device's term of registration, and any revocations, annulments, or other premature terminations of any registered device of the registrant that was due to misuse or compromise of the device, with the date, cause, and nature of each termination explained in detail.
(7)	The e‑mail address of the registrant.
The information contained in a registration under this section is a public record as defined in G.S. 132‑1, except for information contained in subdivision (7), which shall be considered confidential information and shall not be subject to disclosure except as provided in Chapter 132 of the General Statutes or as provided by rule."
SECTION 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law.