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<section article="gsg" article_name="State Government" number="18-221" title_number="18" title_name="Notarial Acts" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Revised Uniform Law on Notarial Acts">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Except as provided in § 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.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The validity of a notarial act under this subtitle does not prevent an aggrieved person from seeking:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>to invalidate the record or transaction that is the subject of the notarial act under another law; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>other remedies allowed under federal or State law.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>This section does not validate a purported notarial act performed by an individual who does not have the authority to perform notarial acts.</text>
  </level>
</section>
