423.020 Notary may act in any county -- Certification of notary's authority. (Repealed Effective until January 1, 2020) (1) A notary public may exercise all the functions of his office in any county of the state, by filing in the county clerk's office in such county his written signature and a certificate of the county clerk of the county for which he was appointed, setting forth the fact of his appointment and qualification as a notary public, and paying a fee pursuant to KRS 64.012 to the county clerk. (2) The county clerk of a county in whose office any notary public has so filed his signature and certificate shall, when requested, subjoin to any certificate of proof or acknowledgment signed by the notary a certificate under his hand and seal, stating that such notary public has filed a certificate of his appointment and qualifications with his written signature in his office, and was at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgment duly authorized to take the same; that he is well acquainted with the handwriting of the notary public and believes that the signature to such proof or acknowledgment is genuine. Effective: January 1, 2007 History: Amended 2006 Ky. Acts ch. 255, sec. 34, effective January 1, 2007. -- Amended 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 88, secs. 85 and 93, effective July 1, 1992. -- Amended 1946 Ky. Acts ch. 162, sec. 1. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 3721a. Note: Amendment of this section by 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 88, secs. 85 and 93 became effective July 1, 1992, in compliance with 1992 Ky. Acts ch. 324, sec. 30.