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<section article="gsg" article_name="State Government" number="18-224" title_number="18" title_name="Notarial Acts" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Revised Uniform Law on Notarial Acts">
  <level label="a">
    <text>A commission as notary public does not authorize an individual to:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>assist a person in drafting legal records, give legal advice, or otherwise practice law;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>act as an immigration consultant or an expert on immigration matters;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>represent a person in a judicial or administrative proceeding relating to immigration to the United States, United States citizenship, or related matters; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>receive compensation for performing any of the activities listed in items (1) through (3) of this subsection.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A notary public may not engage in false or deceptive advertising.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A notary public may not use the term “notario” or “notario publico” unless the notary public is an attorney licensed to practice law in the State.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A notary public may not advertise or represent that the notary public may assist persons in drafting legal records, give legal advice, or otherwise practice law unless the notary public is an attorney licensed to practice law in the State.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <level label="i">
        <text>If a notary public who is not an attorney licensed to practice law in the State in any manner advertises or represents that the notary public offers notarial services, whether orally or in a record, including broadcast media, print media, and the Internet, the notary public shall include the following statement, or an alternate statement authorized or required by the Secretary of State, in the advertisement or representation: “I am not an attorney licensed to practice law in this State. I am not allowed to draft legal records, give advice on legal matters, including immigration, or charge a fee for those activities.”.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The statement required under subparagraph (i) of this paragraph shall be included prominently and in each language used in the advertisement or representation.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>If the form of advertisement or representation is not broadcast media, print media, or the Internet and does not allow inclusion of the statement required under subparagraph (i) of this paragraph because of size, the statement shall be prominently displayed or provided at the place of performance of the notarial act before the notarial act is performed.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>Except as otherwise allowed by law, a notary public may not withhold access to or possession of an original record provided by a person that seeks performance of a notarial act by the notary public.</text>
  </level>
</section>
