PRINTER'S NO. 3063
No. 2309 Session of 2000
INTRODUCED BY L. I. COHEN, BEBKO-JONES, COSTA, ORIE, PISTELLA,
THOMAS, WILLIAMS AND YOUNGBLOOD, FEBRUARY 28, 2000
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, FEBRUARY 28, 2000
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of August 21, 1953 (P.L.1323, No.373), entitled
2 "An act concerning notaries public; and amending, revising,
3 consolidating and changing the law relating thereto," further
4 providing for notary register.
5 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
6 hereby enacts as follows:
7 Section 1. Section 15 of the act of August 21, 1953
8 (P.L.1323, No.373), known as The Notary Public Law, is amended
9 to read:
10 Section 15. Register; Copies of Records.--(a) Every notary
11 public shall keep an accurate register of all official acts by
12 him done by virtue of his office, and shall, when thereunto
13 required, give a certified copy of any record in his office to
14 any person applying for same. Said register shall contain the
15 date of the act, the character of the act, [and] the date and
16 parties to the instrument, [and] the signature of each person
17 whose signature is notarized and of each witness, a statement
18 detailing how each signer was identified, the amount of fee
19 collected for the service, and the right thumbprint of the party
1 signing said instrument.
2 (b) The register and other public papers of such notary
3 shall not in any case be liable to be seized, attached or taken
4 in execution for debt or for any demand whatsoever.
5 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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