Section 17-2402. APPLICATION AND ORIENTATION; REAPPOINTMENT

 

2402.1Application shall be made on the form furnished by the Office of Notary Commissions and Authentications at 441 4th Street N.W., Suite 810 South, Washington D.C. 20001, or online at http://os.dc.gov/service/notary-commissions. 

 

2402.2Each application shall include the names, addresses, phone number, and email address of two (2) individuals who can attest to the character of the applicant.  The references may not include family members or the employer submitting the letter of request. 

 

2402.3Each candidate applying for a new appointment, or applying for reappointment after more than twelve (12) months, shall be required to attend an orientation session provided by ONCA.

 

2402.4District notary publics are appointed for a renewable five (5)-year term, and may apply for reappointment at the end of the term.

 

2402.5A notary public applying for reappointment shall submit the reappointment application, furnished by ONCA, by the deadline indicated by ONCA. A reappointment only applies to those who have been a notary in the District of Columbia within twelve (12) months of commission expiration. A notary whose commission has been expired for more than twelve (12) months must apply as a new applicant.

 

2402.6A notary in another jurisdiction must apply as a new applicant.

 

 

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

§§ 1.2, 1.3, and 1.5 of Regulation No. 73-13, approved May 24, 1973, published at 19 DCR 1147, 1148 (June 11, 1973); as published in 25 DCRR §§ 1.2, 1.3, and 1.5; as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 63 DCR 9099 (July 1, 2016).