9E.3 - APPOINTMENT -- REVOCATION.
9E.3 APPOINTMENT -- REVOCATION.
1. The secretary of state may appoint residents of this state as
notaries public and may revoke an appointment for cause.
2. The secretary of state shall appoint members of the general
assembly as notaries public, upon request, and may revoke an
appointment for cause.
3. The secretary of state may appoint as a notary public a
resident of a state bordering Iowa if that person's place of work or
business is within the state of Iowa. If a notary who is a resident
of a state bordering Iowa ceases to work or maintain a place of
business in Iowa, the notary commission expires.
4. A person shall not be appointed as a notary public by the
secretary of state unless the person is at least eighteen years of
age and not disqualified from voting as provided in section 48A.6.
Section History: Recent Form
89 Acts, ch 50, §3
CS89, § 77A.3
C93, § 9E.3
2001 Acts, ch 38, §1; 2001 Acts, ch 176, §45, 46
Referred to in § 9E.6, 9E.6A, 9E.10