6231782 Office of the Secretary- Notice of Proposed Rulemaking - Fee Adjustment

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

 

NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULEMAKING

 

The Secretary of the District of Columbia (Secretary), pursuant to the authority set forth in 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)); the Notary Public Fee Enhancement Amendment Act of 2016, effective July 1, 2016 (D.C. Law 21-037; 63 DCR 7148 (May 13, 2016)); Section 3(k) of Mayor’s Order 97-177, dated October 9, 1997; and Mayor’s Order 2016-031, dated March 1, 2016; hereby gives notice of the intent to adopt the following amendments to Chapter 24 (Notaries Public) of Title 17 (Business, Occupations, and Professionals) of the District of Columbia Municipal Regulations (DCMR).

 

The purpose of the rulemaking is to adjust the fees for notarial acts from $2.00 to $5.00, to conform with the Notary Public Fee Enhancement Amendment Act of 2016.

 

The Secretary also gives notice of the intent to take final rulemaking action to adopt these rules in not less than thirty (30) days from the date of publication of this notice in the D.C. Register.

 

Chapter 24, NOTARIES PUBLIC, of Title 17 DCMR, BUSINESS, OCCUPATIONS, AND PROFESSIONALS, is amended as follows:

 

Subsection 2406.2 of Section 2406, NOTARY PUBLIC PROCEDURES AND FEES, is amended to read as follows:

 

 

2406.2             Fees. Notary publics may not charge more than $5.00 per notarial act.

 

 

Comments on these proposed rules may be submitted, in writing, to Judi Gold, Notary & Authentication Officer, Office of Notary Commissions and Authentications, 441 4^th Street N.W., Suite 810 South, Washington D.C. 20001, or email at [e-mail], no later than thirty (30) days of the date of publication of this notice in the D.C. Register. Questions may be directed to [phone]. Copies of this rulemaking may be obtained at www.dcregs.dc.gov or are available, at cost, from the address above.