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<section article="gsg" article_name="State Government" number="18-217" title_number="18" title_name="Notarial Acts" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Revised Uniform Law on Notarial Acts">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The official stamp of a notary public shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>include:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the notary public’s name and office;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <level label="1">
          <text>if the notary public resides in the State, the county in which the notary public resides; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>if the notary public resides outside the State, the county in which the notary public was qualified; and</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>any other information required by the Secretary of State; and</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>be capable of being copied together with the record to which it is affixed or attached or with which it is logically associated.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>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.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A notary public’s official stamp is a public seal.</text>
  </level>
</section>
