Council of the Cherokee Nation - File #: 13-015

• File #: 13-015
• Version: 2
• Type: Legislative Act
• Status: Passed
• File created: 1/16/2013
• In control: TRIBAL COUNCIL
• On agenda: 2/11/2013
• Final action: 2/11/2013
• Enactment date: 2/11/2013
• Enactment #: LA-04-13
• Title: AN ACT RELATING TO THE AMENDMENT OF THE CHEROKEE NATION TRIBAL NOTARIES PUBLIC CODE, TITLE 49 CHEROKEE NATION CODE ANNOTATED
• Sponsors: Chuck Hoskin Jr. , Jodie Fishinghawk, Tina Glory Jordan, Frankie Hargis
• Indexes: Notary
• Code sections: Title 49 - Notaries Public
• Related files: CNCA-49

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
2/15/2013	2	OFFICE OF THE CHIEF	Signed
2/11/2013	2	TRIBAL COUNCIL	Approved	Pass
1/29/2013	1	RULES COMMITTEE	Approved and Forwarded to Council	Pass
1/29/2013	1	RULES COMMITTEE	Tabled	Pass

Title
AN ACT RELATING TO THE AMENDMENT OF THE CHEROKEE NATION TRIBAL NOTARIES PUBLIC CODE, TITLE 49 CHEROKEE NATION CODE ANNOTATED
Body
BE IT ENACTED BY THE CHEROKEE NATION:

Section 1. Title and Codification

Example: This act shall be known as the 2013 Amendment to the Cherokee Nation
Tribal Notary Code and codified as Title 49, Chapter, Sections 1-10 of the of the Cherokee
Nation Code Annotated.

Section 2. Purpose

The purpose of this Act is to codify and clarify the duties of a tribal notary and distinguish the difference between tribal notary and state notary laws.

Section 3. Legislative History

Title 49 Cherokee Nation Code Annotated 1991

Section 4. Substantive Provisions

Chapter 1-General Provisions
Section
1. Appointment
2. Oath, signature, bond and seal-Fees
3. Blanks for bond and oath
4. Repealed
5. Official seal-Types of seals-Authentication of documents-Penalties
6. Authority of Notary
7. Record of protests
8. Official record
9. Vacancy
10. Statute of limitations
11. Oklahoma State Law Notary Provisions Not Applicable to Cherokee Nation Notaries Public


§ 1. Appointment

The Principal Chief through or 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.
§ 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 ...