Section 17-2401. GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES

 

2401.1A person employed in an executive department or other government office shall not be appointed or reappointed a notary public to function for the government business unless his or her appointment is requested by the head of the department or office or designee to facilitate the transaction of government business.

 

2401.2The commission of a government employee shall be terminated when the employee leaves government service. The notary must notify ONCA  and return his or her official notary seal to the ONCA office (see Section 2409 on the Expiration of Commission).

 

2401.3Government employees who desire to exercise notarial powers other than in connection with their government work, or in addition to that work, may be granted a separate residential commission upon submission of an application and upon compliance with the appointment requirements.

 

2401.4Government employees who have dual commissions (business and residential) may not charge any fee for notarial service performed during hours of active duty as a government employee.

 

 

authority

Section 558 of An Act to establish a code of law for the District of Columbia, approved March 3, 1901 (31 Stat. 1189, ch. 854, § 558; D.C. Official Code §§ 1-1201 et seq. (2012 Repl.)), as amended by An Act to authorize the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to appoint notaries public, approved December 16, 1944 (58 Stat. 810, ch. 597, § 1); Regulation No. 73-13, approved May 24, 1973 (19 DCR 1147 (June 11, 1973)); the Notaries Public Fees Increase Act of 1983, effective June 22, 1983 (D.C. Law 5-14; 30 DCR 2632 (June 3, 1983)); the Notaries Public Fee Act of 1983, effective March 8, 1984 (D.C. Law 5-52; 30 DCR 5931 (November 18, 1983)); the Notaries Public Authentications and License Fee Amendment Act of 2010, effective September 24, 2010 (D.C. Law 18-223; 57 DCR 6242 (July 23, 2010)); Section 3(k) of Mayor’s Order 97-177, dated October 9, 1997; and Mayor’s Order 2016-031, dated March 1, 2016.

source

§§ 1.1(e) and 1.4(b) of Regulation No. 73-13, approved May 24, 1973, published at 19 DCR 1147, 1148 (June 11, 1973); as published in 25 DCRR §§ 1.1 and 1.4; as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 63 DCR 9099 (July 1, 2016).