A Texas Notary Public is a public servant and an officer of the State of Texas with statewide jurisdiction who is authorized to take acknowledgments, protest instruments permitted by law to be protested (primarily negotiable instruments and bills and notes), administer oaths, take depositions, and certify copies of documents not recordable in the public records.
The primary duty of a Notary Public is to show that a disinterested party (the Notary Public) has duly notified the signer of an instrument as to the importance of such document, and the signer of such document has declared that the signer’s identity, signature, and reasons for signing such instrument are genuine. The signature and seal of a Notary Public do not prove these facts conclusively, but provide prima facie proof of them, and allow persons in trade and commerce to rely upon the truth and veracity of the Notary Public as a third party who has no personal interest in the transaction.
Texas Mobile Notary Public's Notaries are not attorneys or a law office; we are not licensed to practice law in Texas and may not give legal advice or accept fees for legal advice. Under the Texas Admin. Code 87.43, A Notary Public is prohibited by law to act in the capacity of an attorney, give advice in preparing legal documents, issue identification cards, distribute confidential information or perform any notarial act unless the signer is present.
The secretary of state appoints a notary public who has statewide jurisdiction. Each appointment term expires four years after the date the notary public qualifies.
A notary surety bond is designed to protect the public from financial harm that results in any negligent mistake or intentional misconduct committed by a Notary while performing a notarization. Each person to be appointed a notary public shall, before entering the official duties of office, execute a bond in the amount of $10,000 with a solvent surety company authorized to do business in this state as a surety.
Tex. Gov't. Code Ann. § 406.014 requires that a Notary Public maintain a record book. This record book must be maintained whether or not any fees are charged for your notary public services.
The online certificate validation process can be used to verify that a certificate has, in fact, been issued by the Government Filings Section of the Texas Secretary of State.
Enter the certificate number that appears at the bottom of the document you wish to verify, then click on the Validate button.
This certificate validation service applies only to certificates issued on and after October 31,1994 in connection with documents on file with the Government Filings Section of the Office of the Secretary of State.
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