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U.S. State Codes
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Ohio
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Title [1] I STATE GOVERNMENT
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Chapter 147 - NOTARIES PUBLIC AND COMMISSIONERS
Chapter 147 - NOTARIES PUBLIC AND COMMISSIONERS
Section 147.01 - Appointment and commission of notaries public - notary public for state.
Section 147.011 - Definitions.
Section 147.02 - [Repealed].
Section 147.021 - Education and testing.
Section 147.022 - Criminal records check.
Section 147.03 - Term of office - oath - removal for violating oath.
Section 147.031 - Renewal of commission.
Section 147.032 - Investigations; penalties.
Section 147.04 - Seal.
Section 147.041 - Persons commissioned prior to September 20, 2019.
Section 147.05 - Recordkeeping; change of address; notice of resignation or conviction of disqualifying offense.
Section 147.051 - Database of notaries.
Section 147.06 - Certified copy of commission as evidence - fee.
Section 147.07 - Powers - jurisdiction.
Section 147.08 - Fees.
Section 147.09 - [Repealed].
Section 147.10 - Notary public acting after commission expires.
Section 147.11 - Forfeiture.
Section 147.12 - Acts done by notary public after term valid.
Section 147.13 - Removal for receiving excess fees.
Section 147.14 - Removal from office for certifying affidavit without administering oath.
Section 147.141 - Prohibited acts.
Section 147.142 - Advertisement as immigration consultant; other prohibited acts.
Section 147.31 - [Repealed].
Section 147.32 - Representatives of veterans' organizations may be appointed as commissioners of the state.
Section 147.33 to 147.36 - [Repealed].
Section 147.37 - Fees for commissions.
Section 147.371 - Duplicate commission.
Section 147.38 - [Repealed].
Section 147.39 - Prior notarial acts by armed forces officers valid.
Section 147.40 - Manner of taking depositions.
Section 147.51 - Notarial acts.
Section 147.52 - Notarial acts by authorized person.
Section 147.53 - Taking an acknowledgment.
Section 147.54 - Recognized certificate of acknowledgment.
Section 147.541 - Acknowledged before me defined.
Section 147.542 - Notarial certificates.
Section 147.543 - [Repealed].
Section 147.55 - Statutory short forms of acknowledgment.
Section 147.551 - Jurat form.
Section 147.56 - Notarial act performed prior to January 1, 1974.
Section 147.57 - Uniformity of the law.
Section 147.58 - Uniform recognition of acknowledgments act.
Section 147.59 - Designated alternative signer.
Section 147.60 - Definitions.
Section 147.61 - Applicability.
Section 147.62 - Standards for online notarizations and online notaries public.
Section 147.63 - Application to be authorized as online notary public.
Section 147.591 - Electronic documents.
Section 147.631 - Online notary ees.
Section 147.64 - Authority of online notary public.
Section 147.65 - Electronic journals.
Section 147.66 - Steps to ensure security.
Section 147.99 - Penalty.