(A) Within forty-five days after the following changes in a notary's status, the notary must notify the Office of the Secretary of State the:
(1) change of a notary's residence, business, or a mailing address or telephone number. The notary's term expires at the same time as the original term;
(2) legal change of a notary's name. A notary with a new name may continue to use the former name in performing notarial acts until the notary receives a confirmation of Notary's Name Change Form from the Secretary. Upon receipt of the confirmation of the Notary's Name Change Form from the Secretary, the notary shall use the new name, and shall destroy or deface all notary seals bearing the former name so that they may not be misused. The notary's term expires at the same time as the original term; and
(3) change of a notary's county of residence. A notary who has moved to another county in South Carolina remains commissioned until the current commission expires, is not required to obtain a new seal, and may continue to notarize without changing his seal.
(B) Notifications to the Office of the Secretary of State required by this section, must be made on a Change in Status Form, accompanied by a fee of ten dollars, and in a form and manner that is prescribed by the Secretary.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 49-6.1; 1967 (55) 509; 1983 Act No. 151, Part II, Section 8B; former 1976 Code Section 26-1-70; 2014 Act No. 185 (S.356), Section 1, eff June 2, 2014.
Effect of Amendment
2014 Act No. 185, Section 1, rewrote the section.
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