Title
TITLE 49 NOTARIES PUBLIC (INCLUDES 2019 POCKET PART)
Body
TITLE 49
NOTARIES PUBLIC
Chapter
1. General Provisions
2. Uniform Law On Notarial Acts
CHAPTER 1
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section
1. Appointment
2. Oath, signature, bond and seal-Fees
3. Blanks for bond and oath
4. Reserved
5. Official seal
6. Authority of notary
7. Record of protests
8. Official record
9. Vacancy
10. Statute of limitations
11. Oklahoma State notary provisions not applicable to Cherokee Nation notaries public
? 1. Appointment
The Principal Chief through his designee, the Secretary of State of the Cherokee Nation, shall appoint and commission in the Cherokee Nation notaries public, who shall hold their office for four (4) years. An applicant for a notary commission shall be eighteen (18) years of age or older and a citizen of the Cherokee Nation. All notary commissions shall run in the name and by the authority of the Cherokee Nation, be signed by the Principal Chief and sealed with the Seal of the Cherokee Nation. Said commissions shall not be attested.
Amended LA 04-13, eff. February 15, 2013.
? 2. Oath, signature, bond and seal-Fees
A. Before entering upon the duties of his or her office every notary public so appointed and commissioned shall file in the office of the court clerk the commission issued to the notary, the notary's oath of office, official signature, an impression of the notary's official seal, and a good and sufficient bond to the Cherokee Nation, in the sum of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), with one or more sureties to be approved by the court clerk, conditioned for the faithful performance of the duties of his office.
B. Such commission, bond, and oath shall be recorded in the office of such court clerk, as clerk of the district court. The commission shall be returned to the notary. The bond and oath shall be retained by the court clerk to be filed and recorded in his office. The filing of such commission, bond, official signature, and imp...
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