Section 17-2407. NOTARY PUBLIC RECORDS

 

2407.1Each notary public shall keep a fair record of all official acts performed, and when required, provide a certified copy of any record in his office to any person upon payment of the fees incurred. Based on national standard practices, the Office of Notary Commissions and Authentications recommends that each notary’s log include the:

 

(a)Name: The name and address of each person appearing before the notary;

 

(b)Date: The date they appeared before the notary;

 

(c)Identification: The method by which each person was identified to the  notary;

 

(d)Document Type: The type of document involved;

 

(e)Fee: The fee charged; and

 

(f)Signature: The signature(s) of person(s) signing the document(s).

 

2407.2The certificate of a notary public, under hand and seal of office, drawn from the notary public’s record, stating the protest and the facts recorded in the record, shall be accepted as evidence of the facts in like manner as an original protest. 

 

2407.3The log may be kept by hard copy or electronically, but if electronically, a record of the signature of the person who had the document notarized should be saved. All signatures must be completed in person. No electronic signatures shall be accepted.

 

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

Final Rulemaking published at 63 DCR 9099 (July 1, 2016).