TERMINATION OF NOTARY PUBLIC'S COMMISSION. A. Except as provided by subsection B of this section, a notary public authorized to perform remote online notarial acts whose commission is terminated or revoked shall destroy the coding, disk, certificate, card, software or password that enables the notary public to attach or logically associate the notary public's electronic signature and electronic seal to an electronic record. A notary public subject to the provisions of this subsection shall certify compliance with this subsection to the Secretary of State. On the death or adjudication of incompetency of a notary public, the notary public's personal representative or guardian shall comply with the provisions of this subsection.
B. A former notary public whose commission is terminated for a reason other than revocation is not required to destroy the items described by subsection A of this section if the former notary public receives a new commission as a notary public within three (3) months of the termination of the notary public's former commission.
C. A notary public's electronic signature and electronic seal shall be destroyed under subsection A of this section if:
1. The notary public's name changes during the term of the notary public's commission; and
2. The notary public elects to use the notary public's new name under a new commission pursuant to paragraph 2 of subsection B of Section 11 of Title 49 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
D. The termination of a notary public's commission shall not affect the retention requirements of subsection D of Section 7 of this act.
Added by Laws 2019, c. 338, § 11, eff. Jan. 1, 2020.
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