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VERMONT OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE
Vermont Notaries Public A Brief Overview and Recommendation for Action
2/11/2015
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VERMONT NOTARIES PUBLIC 1 NOTARIAL ACTS AND THE ROLE OF NOTARIAL OFFICERS .....................................................................2
2 NOTARY STANDARDS, MODEL ACTS AND UNIFORM LAWS..................................................................2
2.1 Model Notary Act and Notary Public Code of Professional Responsibility.................................2
2.2 Revised Uniform Law on Notarial Acts ........................................................................................2
2.3 1961 Hague Convention ...............................................................................................................3
2.4 Apostilles and Notarized Documents ...........................................................................................3
3 VERMONT NOTARIES PUBLIC ................................................................................................................4
3.1 Vermont Notaries Public ..............................................................................................................4
3.2 Origin of Law ................................................................................................................................4
3.3 Vermont Notary Public Handbook and Training for Notaries Public ........................................5
4 RECOMMENDATION FOR ACTION.........................................................................................................5
5 REFERENCES ..........................................................................................................................................7
APPENDIX A: REVISED UNIFORM LAW ON NOTARIAL ACTS (RULONA) ........................................................8
Roles and Responsibilities of the Commissioning Officer or Agency.......................................................8
APPENDIX B: VERMONT STATUTES ANNOTATED........................................................................................12
Title 24, Chapter 5 (County Officers; Powers and Duties).....................................................................12
Title 32, Chapter 17, Subchapter 2 (State Fees in Judicial Proceedings) .............................................14
APPENDIX C: VERMONT NOTARY APPPOINTMENT SYSTEM.......................................................................15
APPENDIX D: STATE BY STATE COMPARISON.............................................................................................17
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1 NOTARIAL ACTS AND THE ROLE OF NOTARIAL OFFICERS
Notarial acts are official acts of certification, attestation or administration – with respect to
paper or electronic records – authorized by law to be performed by a notarial officer.
Examples of notarial acts include taking an acknowledgment, administering an oath or
affirmation, taking a verification of oath or affirmation, witnessing or attesting a signature,
certifying or attesting a copy, and noting a protest of a negotiable instrument.
Notarial officers include notaries public and individuals whose notarial authority is derived
from occupying an office or performing a function governed by statute or administrative
rule. Notaries public are individuals appointed or commissioned to perform notarial acts
within their respective jurisdictions, whereas the latter, sometimes referred to as “ex
officio notaries,” have notarial powers by virtue of an office they hold.
2 NOTARY STANDARDS, MODEL ACTS AND UNIFORM LAWS
2.1 Model Notary Act and Notary Public Code of Professional Responsibility
The original Uniform Notary Act was published in 1973 by the National Notary Association
(NNA) in collaboration with Yale Law School. Renamed the Model Notary Act, this model act
was revised and expanded in 1984, 2002 and 2010. Over the past forty years, several state
legislatures have adopted sections or all of the Act. The current version of the Model Notary
Act contains provisions for both paper-based and electronic notarization.
For more than a decade, NNA has also been advocating for states to adopt professional
conduct standards for notaries public. In NNA’s words, most state statutes are “scant and
inadequate.” To support this effort, NNA published The Notary Public Code of Professional
Responsibility in 2009. This code complements the American Society of Notaries’ (ASN)
standards of conduct, which were adopted by ASN in 1980.
2.2 Revised Uniform Law on Notarial Acts
In 1982, the Uniform Law Commission promulgated the Uniform Law on Notarial Acts
(ULONA) to provide a consistent framework for notarial officers and notarial acts among
the states and territories. ULONA effectively replaced the Uniform Recognition of
Acknowledgement Act and all previous uniform laws relating to acknowledgements dating
back to 1892. The Revised Uniform Law on Notarial Acts (RULONA) was approved and
recommended for enactment in all states by the National Conference of Commissioners on
Uniform State Laws in 2010.
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RULONA has support from NNA, ASN, and the Property Records Industry Association
(PRIA). Comprised of government and industry partners and advocates for national
standards and best practices for land records, PRIA adopted Notary Best Practices for
Recordable Documents in 2012. In this document, which was drafted following a review of
notary acknowledgement expectations for each state and territory, PRIA strongly
encourages statutory support of notarial principles and practices, specifically those
outlined in RULONA, to ensure the integrity of the real property conveyance process.
RULONA also provides a framework for notary commissioning officers or agencies. See
Appendix A for a complete list, by section, of the responsibilities and duties of
commissioning officers or agencies.
2.3 1961 Hague Convention
Heightened awareness of the need for evidence of authenticity of notarial acts has been
steadily increasing, particularly in the area of international transactions requiring the
recognition of notarial acts being performed in foreign counties. In October 1981, the
United States became a member of the Convention of 5 October 1961 Abolishing the
Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents, which is commonly referred to as
the 1961 Hague Convention. For non-members countries, documents must be
authenticated in accordance of the requirements of the designation country.
The 1961 Hague Convention Treaty abolished the requirement of legalization for foreign
public documents and provides for the simplified certification of public documents to be
used in countries that have joined the Convention. Public documents are defined in Article
1 of the 1961 Hague Convention Treaty as: documents issued by a court or tribunal;
administrative documents such as civil registry records or office of vital records regarding
birth, death, marriage, etc.; notarial acts (notarized documents); and official certificates
which are placed on documents signed by persons in their private capacity, such as official
certificates recording the registration of a document or the fact that it was in existence on a
certain date and official and notarial authentications of signatures.
2.4 Apostilles and Notarized Documents
Within the United States, most Secretaries of State are designated as the competent
authority to issue “apostille” certifications on public, including notarized, documents
originating from their respective states. The processes and requirements for issuing
apostilles are set forth in the 1961 Hague Convention Treaty. In total, there are ten (10)
standard elements to which Secretaries of State and other designated authorities must
attest to and certify when affixing an apostille to a public document.
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RULONA includes provisions for notarial acts under Federal authority (Section 13) and
foreign notarial acts (Section 14) and the Model Notary Act does as well (Chapter 10 –
Evidence of Authenticity of Notarial Acts). Relative to standards, the Notary Public
Administrators (NPA) Section of the National Association of Secretaries of State released
NPA Section Apostille Issuance Guidelines, V. 1 in July 2013. The Guidelines outline more
than sixty (60) “scenarios” of documents for which apostilles may be requested and
provide advice on whether or not an apostille should be issued. The majority of the
“scenarios” consist of notarized documents and whether or not the notarial officer adhered
to state laws and notary standards.
3 VERMONT NOTARIES PUBLIC
3.1 Vermont Notaries Public
In the State of Vermont, assistant judges may appoint as many notaries public “as the public
good requires” to perform notarial acts throughout the state. In addition, the clerk of the
Supreme Court, county clerks, superior clerks, deputy superior court clerk, justices of the
peace, and town clerks and their assistants are “ex officio notaries public” (24 V.S.A. §
4411). Pursuant to 32 V.S.A. § 14032, a “county clerk shall, upon application, issue to a town
clerk, a State Police officer, a municipal police officer, a fish and game warden, a sheriff or
deputy sheriff, and a motor vehicle inspector certification of notary public” for providing
notary public services.
Ex officio notaries public serve until they vacate the office to which their status as a notary
public depends. All other Vermont notaries public take office on the day their certificate of
appointment is recorded in the office of the County Clerk and serve until ten days after the
term of the appointing judge expires, which is every four years. All appointed Vermont
public notaries will automatically be removed from office on February 10, 2015.
3.2 Origin of Law
Vermont’s notary laws have remained virtually unchanged since first adopted in the late
1700s. Current statutes (see Appendix B) originate from the same 1797 law (page 387, § 1)
which required “clerks of the supreme court of judicature” and county clerks to serve as
notaries public within their respective counties and file their oaths with the Office of the
Secretary of State. On a monthly basis, the Secretary of State was required to provide
1 This statute has not been updated to reflect the consolidation and restructuring of the Vermont court system,
specifically the separation of County government from the former Superior and County courts. 2 This statute is inconsistent with notary statutes in Title 24, Chapter 5 (County Officers; Powers and Duties)
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updated lists of judges and other elected and appointed officials to the county court and
county clerks (notaries public) acting their counties.
With the exception of the removal of “master in chancery” and the addition of “[u]pon
request, the secretary [of state] may certify the appointment, qualification, and signature of
a notary public on tender of his or her legal fees” (Act No. 69 of 1949), 24 V.S.A. § 183 is
nearly the same as it appeared in the 1947 Laws of Vermont. There are no statutory
requirements related to evidence of authenticity of notarial acts, notarial acts under
Federal authority or foreign notarial acts.
Notary public statutes are mainly in Chapter 5 of Title 24 and Chapter 17, Subchapter 2, of
Title 32. The adoption of rules pursuant to Chapter 25 of Title 3 (Administrative Procedure
Act) is not applicable as the statutory authority for appointing notaries public resides at the
county level.
3.3 Vermont Notary Public Handbook and Training for Notaries Public
The Vermont Office of the Secretary of State’s Notary Guide was first published during the
administration of James A. Guest (1977-1981). Training for notaries public by the Vermont
Office of the Secretary of State was also initiated during Guest’s administration. The current
Guide was last edited by former Deputy Secretary of State Paul Gillies (1980-1993) with
subsequent minor edits by the current staff of the Vermont State Archives and Records
Administration, a division within the Vermont Office of the Secretary of State.
A similar resource, Vermont Public Notary Handbook: A Guide for Vermont Notaries,
Commissioners, & Justices of the Peace, was published by Alfred Piombino in 1996. The
Vermont edition was similar to Piombino’s handbook for New York notaries, which was
published in 1988 and very well received. The publication includes a forward written by
then Secretary of State James Milne (1995-1999), who also contracted with Piombino to
expand on the training being offered to notaries public by the Vermont Office of the
Secretary of State.
Several recommendations offered in the Guide, Handbook and trainings align with best
practices and standards for notaries public, including those specified earlier versions of
Model Notary Act and Uniform Law on Notarial Acts, but have no statutory basis. As a
result, Vermont notaries public are not obligated to comply.
4 RECOMMENDATION FOR ACTION
For nearly four (4) decades, the Vermont Office of the Secretary of State has attempted,
with neither the authority nor the responsibility, to ensure that Vermont notaries public
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are aware that every notarial act performed in this state affects the legal rights of others. It
is clear, however, Vermont is one of the states with “scant and inadequate” notary laws,
thus placing at risk the very citizens whose rights we are actively trying to protect. The
bifurcated system of having fourteen commissioning officers and fifteen recording offices,
but no regulating authority, is also inefficient and ineffective (see Vermont Notary
Appointment System chart in Appendix C).
For these reasons, it is the recommendation of the Vermont Office of the Secretary of State
that the Vermont General Assembly take action to modernize and clarify the laws
concerning notaries public, their responsibilities and duties by (1) adopting sections or all
of the Revised Uniform Model Law on Notarial Acts (RULONA), including provisions for the
regulation of notarial officers, and (2) establishing the Vermont Office of the Secretary of
State, Office of Professional Regulation (OPR) as the commissioning agency.
The Office of Professional Regulation, as the name suggests, specializes in the regulation of
professions. While the scope of the professional services may be small, notarial acts are
critically important to preserving the integrity of our records, transactions and economy
across state and international lines. Without standards or enforcement, the public is at risk
from this existing and largely unregulated “mini-profession.”
OPR has the existing infrastructure and the regulatory expertise to appropriately regulate
the profession by providing efficient online services to the profession and to the public.
OPR has the enforcement staff to pursue disciplinary actions as necessary and can respond
to complaints from the public. As stated above, the existing “commissioning” system is
antiquated, inefficient, impotent, and largely misunderstood.
In summary, there are several important reasons to update the regulation of notaries in
Vermont and bring them fully within the Secretary of State’s Office, under the umbrella of
OPR, and into the 21st century. To name a few:
• To provide standards for notarial acts and notaries which are protective of the public and
preserve the integrity and reliability of notarized transactions;
• To create a more stable and streamlined system of regulation to serve this public
protection purpose in an efficient and effective way; and
• To ensure that Vermont standards are current and compatible with other states and will
not impede interstate transactions or commerce.
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5 REFERENCES
Hague Conference on Private International Law. (1961). Convention Abolishing the
Requirements of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents. Retrieved from:
www.hcch.net/upload/conventions/txt12en.pdf
National Association of Secretaries of State. (2011). Issues and Trends in State Notary
Regulation: NASS Report on State Notarization Policies and Practices. Retrieved from:
www.nass.org/component/docman/%3Ftask%3Ddoc_download%26gid%3D1084
%26Itemid%3D630+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us
National Notary Association. (2010). Notary Model Act. Retrieved from:
www.nationalnotary.org/reference_material_and_publications/model_notary_act
Ibid. (2012.) Notary Public Code of Professional Responsibility. Retrieved from:
cdn.nationalnotary.org/resources_for_notaries/Notary_Code.pdf
Piombino, A. E. (1996). Notary Public Handbook: A Guide for Vermont Notaries,
Commissioners and Justices of the Peace. [United States]: East Coast Publishing.
Property Records Industry Association. (2011): Notary Acknowledgement Expectations (By
State). Retrieved from: www.pria.us/i4a/doclibrary/getfile.cfm?doc_id=57
Ibid. (2012). Notary Best Practices for Recordable Documents. Retrieved from:
www.pria.us/i4a/doclibrary/getfile.cfm?doc_id=50
Uniform Law Commission. (2010). Revised Uniform Law on Notarial Acts (RULONA).
Retrieved from:
http://www.uniformlaws.org/shared/docs/notarial_acts/rulona_final_10.pdf
Vermont Office of the Secretary of State. (2011). Notary Guide. Retrieved from:
www.vermont-archives.org/notary/guide/pdf/NotaryGuide2011.pdf
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APPENDIX A: REVISED UNIFORM LAW ON NOTARIAL ACTS (RULONA)
Roles and Responsibilities of the Commissioning Officer or Agency
RULONA outlines specific roles and responsibilities of the Commissioning Officer or
Agency. They are as follows:
Section 15. Certificate of Notarial Act
A notarial act must be evidenced by a certificate that in addition to other requirements
must “be signed in the same manner as on file with the [commissioning officer or agency].
Further, “if the [commissioning officer or agency] has established standards pursuant to
Section 27 for attaching, affixing, or logically associating the certificate, the process must
conform to the standards. “
Section 17. Official Stamp
In addition to other requirements, the official stamp of the notary public must include
“other information required by the [commissioning officer or agency].”
Section 18. Stamping Device
In general, the notary’s stamping device is required to be unusable upon resignation or
revocation of a notary’s commission. Further, if the device is lost or stolen, “the notary
public or the notary public’s personal representative or guardian shall notify promptly the
commissioning officer or agency on discovering that the device is lost or stolen.”
Section 19. Journal
Notaries public shall maintain a journal chronicling their notarial acts and shall retain such
journal for 10 years after the performance of the last act documented in the journal. If the
“journal is maintained in an electronic format, it must be in a permanent, tamper-evident
electronic format complying with the rules of the [commissioning officer or agency].”
If the journal is lost or stolen, “the notary public promptly shall notify the [commissioning
officer or agency] on discovering that the journal is lost or stolen.” If the notary resigns or
has his or her commission revoked “the notary public shall retain the notary public’s
journal in accordance with subsection (a) and inform the [commissioning officer or agency]
where the journal is located” or “transmit the journal to the [commissioning officer or
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agency] [the official archivist of this state3] or a repository approved by the
[commissioning officer or agency].”
In the event the notary dies or is declared incompetent, “the notary public’s personal
representative or guardian or any other person knowingly in possession of the journal shall
transmit it to the [commissioning officer or agency] [the official archivist of this state] or a
repository approved by the [commissioning officer or agency].”
Section 20. Notification Regarding Performance of Notarial Act on Electronic Record;
Selection of Technology
“Before a notary public performs the notary public’s initial notarial act with respect to an
electronic record, a notary public shall notify the [commissioning officer or agency] that the
notary public will be performing notarial acts with respect to electronic records and
identify the technology the notary public intends to use. If the [commissioning officer or
agency] has established standards for approval of technology pursuant to Section 27, the
technology must conform to the standards. If the technology conforms to the standards,
the [commissioning officer or agency] shall approve the use of the technology.”
Section 21. Commission as Notary Public; Qualifications; No Immunity or Benefits
This section sets for minimum requirements to apply as a notary public stating that only
individuals who qualify “may apply to the [commissioning officer or agency] for a
commission as a notary public. “ In addition, applicants “shall comply with and provide the
information required by rules established by the [commissioning officer or agency] and pay
any application fee.”
Before the issuance of a commission as a notary public, an applicant must “execute an oath
of office and submit it to the [commissioning officer or agency].” In addition, either before,
but not more than thirty (30) days after, an issuance of a commission as notary public, the
applicant or notary public shall “submit to the [commissioning officer or agency] an
assurance in the form of a surety bond or its functional equivalent in the amount of
$[_____].” The assurance must be on a “form prescribed by the [commissioning officer or
agency].”
After meeting these requirements, “the [commissioning officer or agency] shall issue a
commission as a notary public to an applicant [for a term of [ ] years].”
3 Notary journals do not meet the criteria of an archival public record in the State of Vermont and therefore could
not be transferred to the Vermont State Archives.
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The “surety or issuing entity shall give [30]-days notice to the [commissioning officer or
agency] before canceling the assurance. The surety or issuing entity shall notify the
[commissioning officer or agency] not later than [30] days after making a payment to a
claimant under the assurance. A notary public may perform notarial acts in this state only
during the period that a valid assurance is on file with the [commissioning officer or
agency].
Section 22. Examination of Notary Public
An applicant must pass an examination administered by the “[commissioning officer or
agency] or an entity approved by the [commissioning officer or agency]” In addition, the
“[commissioning officer or agency] or an entity approved by the [commissioning officer or
agency] shall offer regularly a course of study to applicants who do not hold commissions
as notaries public in this state. The course must cover the laws, rules, procedures, and
ethics relevant to notarial acts.].”
Section 23. Grounds to deny, refuse to renew, revoke, suspend, or condition
commission of notary public.
Several situations in which the “[commissioning officer or agency] may deny, refuse to
renew, revoke, suspend, or impose a condition on a commission as notary public for any act
or omission that demonstrates the individual lacks the honesty, integrity, competence, or
reliability to act as a notary public,” including:
• false and deceitful misstatement or omissions in “the application for a commission
as a notary public submitted to the [commissioning officer or agency];
• failure to carry out the duties of notary public in accordance with “rules of the
[commissioning officer or agency];” or
• violation of a “rule of the [commissioning officer or agency] regarding a notary
public.
If the “[commissioning officer or agency] denies, refuses to renew, revokes, suspends, or
imposes conditions on a commission as a notary public, the applicant or notary public is
entitled to timely notice and hearing in accordance with [this state’s administrative
procedure act],” but the “authority of the [commissioning officer or agency]” does not
prevent an individual from “seeking and obtaining other criminal or civil remedies
provided by law.”
Section 24. Database of Notaries Public
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“The [commissioning officer or agency] shall maintain an electronic database of notaries
public” that can be used to “verify the authority of a notary public to perform notarial acts”
and whether or not a notary public has “notified the [commissioning officer or agency] that
the notary public will be performing notarial acts on electronic records.”
Section 25. Prohibited Acts
If the notary public is not “an attorney licensed to practice law in this state,” he or she must
state in any advertisement or representation of his or her notarial services the following
(unless there is “an alternate statement authorized or required by the [commissioning
officer or agency]:” “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.”
Section 27. Rules
The “[commissioning officer or agency] may adopt rules to implement this [act.]” If rules
are “adopted regarding the performance of notarial acts with respect to electronic records,
the [commissioning officer or agency] may “not require, or accord greater legal status or
effect to, the implementation or application of a specific technology or technical
specification.”
Rules may include the manner in which notarial acts shall be performed; verifying the
authenticity of a notarial certificate; integrity “in the creation, transmittal, storage, or
authentication of electronic records or signatures;” the commissioning process, including
processes for approving and accepting surety bonds; assuring the “trustworthiness” of a
notary public; and provisions to prevent fraud or mistakes by notaries public.
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APPENDIX B: VERMONT STATUTES ANNOTATED
Title 24, Chapter 5 (County Officers; Powers and Duties)
§ 183. Certificate of appointment of notary public
Immediately after the appointment of a notary public, the county clerk shall send to the
secretary of state a certificate of such appointment, on blanks furnished by the secretary,
containing the name, signature, and legal residence of the appointee, and the term of office
of each notary public. The secretary shall cause such certificates to be bound in suitable
volumes and to be indexed. Upon request, the secretary may certify the appointment,
qualification, and signature of a notary public on tender of his or her legal fees. (Amended
2009, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), § 173.)4
§ 441. Appointment; jurisdiction; ex officio notaries; application
(a) The assistant judges may appoint as many notaries public for the county as the public
good requires. Notaries public so appointed shall hold office until ten days after the
expiration of the term of office of such judges, and their jurisdiction shall extend
throughout the state.
(b) The clerk of the supreme court, county clerks, superior court clerks, deputy superior
court clerks, justices of the peace, and town clerks and their assistants shall be ex officio
notaries public.
(c) Every applicant for appointment and commission as a notary public shall complete an
application to be filed with the county clerk stating that the applicant is a resident of the
county and has reached the age of majority, giving his or her business or home address and
providing a handwritten specimen of the applicant's official signature.
(d) An ex officio notary public shall cease to be a notary public when he or she vacates the
office on which his or her status as a notary public depends. (Amended 1973, No. 106, § 8,
eff. 30 days from April 25, 1973; 1973, No. 193 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. April 9, 1974; 1983, No.
194 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; 1995, No. 181 (Adj. Sess.), § 14a; 2009, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), § 179.)
4 This requirement coincides with other laws related to the filing of appointments and oaths with the Secretary of
State. The Secretary of State’s Office currently provides an up-to-date registry of Vermont notaries public on its
website and authenticates the signatures of Vermont notaries on notarized documents presented for legal use in a
foreign country (not addressed in Vermont statute).
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§ 441a. Nonresident notary public
A nonresident may be appointed as a notary public, provided the individual resides in a
state adjoining this state and maintains, or is regularly employed in, a place of business in
this state. Before a nonresident may be appointed as a notary public, the individual shall
file with the assistant judges in the county where the individual's place of employment is
located an application setting forth the individual's residence and the place of employment
in this state. A nonresident notary public shall notify the assistant judges, in writing, of any
change of residence or of place of employment in this state. (Added 1989, No. 37, eff. May 4,
1989; amended 2009, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), § 180.)
§ 442. Oath; certificate of appointment recorded; form
(a) A person appointed as notary public shall cause the certificate of his or her appointment to be
filed and recorded in the office of the county clerk where issued. Before entering upon the duties of
office, he or she, as well as an ex officio notary, shall take the oath prescribed by the constitution,
and shall duly subscribe the same with his or her correct signature, which oath thus subscribed
shall be kept on file by the county clerk as a part of the records of such county.
(b) The certificate of appointment shall be substantially in the following form:
STATE OF VERMONT, ss. __________________ County } This is to certify that A.B. of
__________________ in such county, was, on the ____________ day of ____________, 20 ______, appointed
by the assistant judges for such county a notary public for the term ending on February 10,
20 ______. ____________________________________________ Assistant Judges
And at ____________ in such county, on this ____________ day of ________________, 20 ______
personally appeared A.B. __________________ and took oath of office prescribed in the
constitution. Before me, C. D. (Designation of the officer administering the oath).
(Amended 1973, No. 193 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. April 9, 1974; 2009, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), § 181.)
§ 443. Preservation of oaths
The county clerk at the end of each four-year period shall cause the oaths aforesaid to be
bound into book form, which book shall then constitute the final record thereof and shall
be duly attested by the clerk as such. (Amended 1989, No. 200 (Adj. Sess.), § 5.)
§ 445. Powers
Every notary public is empowered to take acknowledgements, administer oaths and
affirmations, certify that a copy of a document is a true copy of another document, and
perform any other act permitted by law. (Added 1983, No. 194 (Adj. Sess.), § 3.)
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§ 446. Liabilities
A notary public shall be liable to the persons involved for all damages caused by the
notary's official misconduct. (Added 1983, No. 194 (Adj. Sess.), § 4.)
Title 32, Chapter 17, Subchapter 2 (State Fees in Judicial Proceedings)
§ 1403. Justices to make rules for fees
(a) The justices of the supreme court, under their general rulemaking power, shall establish
uniform rules to govern the allowance of fees not specified by law for services and
expenses in the courts of the state. The court administrator shall recommend to the justices
such alterations in the rules as he or she finds necessary. The court administrator shall
endeavor to secure uniform allowances in the several counties and to correct deviations
from the prescribed rules.
(b) A county clerk shall, upon application, issue to a town clerk, a state police officer, a
municipal police officer, a fish and game warden, a sheriff or deputy sheriff, and a motor
vehicle inspector certification of notary public without charge or fee. A town clerk, state
police officer, municipal police officer, fish and game warden, sheriff or deputy sheriff, or
motor vehicle inspector shall provide notary public services without charge or fee.
(Amended 1959, No. 328 (Adj. Sess.), § 8; 1969, No. 222 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; 1971, No. 185 (Adj.
Sess.), § 216, eff. March 29, 1972; 1975, No. 118, § 98; 1987, No. 1, § 3, eff. Jan. 30, 1987;
1991, No. 257 (Adj. Sess.), § 7.)
§ 1436. Fee for certification of appointment as notary public
For the issuance of a certificate of appointment as a notary public, the county clerk shall
collect a fee of $30.00, of which $15.00 shall accrue to the state and $15.00 shall accrue to
the county. (Added 1987, No. 1, § 1, eff. Feb. 1, 1987; amended 1995, No. 181 (Adj. Sess.), §
13; 1997, No. 121 (Adj. Sess.), § 23; 2009, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), § 205.)
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APPENDIX C: VERMONT NOTARY APPPOINTMENT SYSTEM
The chart below shows the current relationship between the applicant and the county
clerks and assistant judges and the relationship between the county clerks and assistant
judges and the Secretary of State.
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