Sec. 3-94o. Change of name of notary. Fees.
Sec. 3-94o. Change of name of notary. Fees. (a) Within thirty days after a change
in the name of a notary public, the notary shall file a notice of the change with the
Secretary, on a form prescribed and provided by the Secretary. The notice shall state
the notary's old and new names and the effective date of the new name, include such
proof of the change of name as the Secretary shall require, be signed by the notary and
be accompanied by a nonrefundable fee of five dollars. The notary shall, within thirty
days after the issuance of a replacement certificate of appointment by the Secretary,
record such certificate with the town clerk of the municipality wherein the notary recorded the notary's original certificate of appointment and oath of office. The failure of
a notary to so record such replacement certificate shall not invalidate any notarial act
performed by the notary. Any town clerk who is required by statute to make a record of
the certificate of appointment and oath of office of a notary shall record the replacement
certificate of appointment containing the change of name of the notary upon payment
of a fee of one dollar by such notary to the town clerk.
(b) Beginning on the date of issuance of such replacement certificate of appointment
by the Secretary, the notary public shall (1) sign the notary's new name on all notarial
certificates and (2) if the notary uses a notarial seal, use only a notarial seal that contains
the notary's new name.
(P.A. 90-154, S. 15.)
Cited. 230 C. 24.