# State Government (GSG)

## Title 18. Notarial Acts

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

#### Section 18-221

(a) Except as provided in Sec. 18-203(b) of this subtitle, the failure of a notarial officer to perform a duty or meet a requirement specified in this subtitle does not invalidate a notarial act performed by the notarial officer.

(b) The validity of a notarial act under this subtitle does not prevent an aggrieved person from seeking:

  (1) to invalidate the record or transaction that is the subject of the notarial act under another law; or

  (2) other remedies allowed under federal or State law.

(c) This section does not validate a purported notarial act performed by an individual who does not have the authority to perform notarial acts.

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