# State Government (GSG)

## Title 18. Notarial Acts

### Subtitle 2. Revised Uniform Law on Notarial Acts

#### Section 18-217

(a) The official stamp of a notary public shall:

  (1) include:

    (i) the notary public's name and office;

    (ii)

      (1) if the notary public resides in the State, the county in which the notary public resides; or

      (2) if the notary public resides outside the State, the county in which the notary public was qualified; and

    (iii) any other information required by the Secretary of State; and

  (2) be capable of being copied together with the record to which it is affixed or attached or with which it is logically associated.

(b) A notary public commissioned under the laws of this State shall include in the notary public's official stamp or within a certificate of notarial act the expiration date of the notary public's commission as a notary public.

(c) A notary public's official stamp is a public seal.

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Md. Code Ann., State Gov't (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)