Ohio Revised Code Chapter 147 - Notaries Public And Commissioners

• Section 147.01 - Appointment And Commission Of Notaries Public - Notary Public For State.
  (A) The secretary of state may appoint and commission as notaries public as many persons who meet the qualifications of division (B) of this...
• Section 147.02 - Certificate Of Qualifications.
  (A) Before the appointment of a notary public is made, the applicant shall produce to the secretary of state a certificate from a judge...
• Section 147.03 - Term Of Office - Oath - Removal For Violating Oath.
  Each notary public, except an attorney admitted to the practice of law in this state by the Ohio supreme court, shall hold office for...
• Section 147.04 - Seal And Register.
  Before entering upon the discharge of his duties, a notary public shall provide himself with a seal of a notary public. The seal shall...
• Section 147.05 - Commission To Be Recorded - Fee.
  (A) Before entering upon the duties of the office of notary public, a notary public shall leave the notary public's commission with the oath...
• Section 147.06 - Certified Copy Of Commission As Evidence - Fee.
  Upon application, the clerk of the court of common pleas shall make a certified copy of a notary public commission and the endorsements on...
• Section 147.07 - Powers - Jurisdiction.
  A notary public may, throughout the state, administer oaths required or authorized by law, take and certify depositions, take and certify acknowledgments of deeds,...
• Section 147.08 - Fees.
  A notary public is entitled to the following fees: (A) For the protest of a bill of exchange or promissory note, one dollar and...
• Section 147.09 - Protests Are Evidence.
  The instrument of protest of a notary public appointed and qualified under the laws of this state or of any other state or territory...
• Section 147.10 - Notary Public Acting After Commission Expires.
  No notary public shall do or perform any act as a notary public knowing that the notary public's term of office has expired or...
• Section 147.11 - Forfeiture.
  A person appointed notary public who performs any act as such after the expiration of the person's term of office or after the person...
• Section 147.12 - Acts Done By Notary Public After Term Valid.
  An official act done by a notary public after the expiration of the notary public's term of office or after the notary public resigns...
• Section 147.13 - Removal For Receiving Excess Fees.
  A notary public who charges or receives for an act or service done or rendered by the notary public a fee greater than the...
• Section 147.14 - Removal From Office For Certifying Affidavit Without Administering Oath.
  No notary public shall certify to the affidavit of a person without administering the appropriate oath or affirmation to the person. A notary public...
• Section 147.31 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 10-14-1963
• Section 147.32 - Representatives Of Veterans' Organizations May Be Appointed As Commissioners Of The State.
  Representatives of the United Spanish War Veterans, The Disabled American Veterans, The American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, and other...
• Section 147.33 To 147.36 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 10-14-1963
• Section 147.37 - Fees For Commissions.
  Each person receiving a commission as notary public, including an attorney admitted to the practice of law in this state by the Ohio supreme...
• Section 147.371 - Duplicate Commission.
  (A) Upon receipt of a fee of two dollars and an affidavit that the original commission of a notary public has been lost or...
• Section 147.38 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 05-31-1988
• Section 147.39 - Prior Notarial Acts By Armed Forces Officers Valid.
  Any acknowledgment or proof of execution of a deed, mortgage, lease, power of attorney, or other instrument that was taken, and any other notarial...
• Section 147.40 - Manner Of Taking Depositions.
  Depositions taken in pursuance of sections 147.07 and 147.51 to 147.58 of the Revised Code by a person described in division (D) of section...
• Section 147.51 - Notarial Acts.
  For the purposes of sections 147.51 to 147.58 of the Revised Code, "notarial acts" means acts which the laws and regulations of this state...
• Section 147.52 - Notarial Acts By Authorized Person.
  (A) If the notarial act is performed by any of the persons described in divisions (A) to (D) of section 147.51 of the Revised...
• Section 147.53 - Taking An Acknowledgment.
  The person taking an acknowledgment shall certify that: (A) The person acknowledging appeared before him and acknowledged he executed the instrument; (B) The person...
• Section 147.54 - Recognized Certificate Of Acknowledgment.
  The form of a certificate of acknowledgment used by a person whose authority is recognized under section 147.51 of the Revised Code shall be...
• Section 147.541 - Acknowledged Before Me Defined.
  The words "acknowledged before me" means that: (A) The person acknowledging appeared before the person taking the acknowledgment; (B) He acknowledged he executed the...
• Section 147.55 - Statutory Short Forms Of Acknowledgment.
  The forms of acknowledgment set forth in this section may be used and are sufficient for their respective purposes under any section of the...
• Section 147.56 - Notarial Act Performed Prior To January 1, 1974.
  A notarial act performed prior to January 1, 1974, is not affected by sections 147.51 to 147.58 of the Revised Code. These sections provide...
• Section 147.57 - Uniformity Of The Law.
  Sections 147.51 to 147.58 of the Revised Code shall be so interpreted as to make uniform the laws of those states which enact it....
• Section 147.58 - Uniform Recognition Of Acknowledgments Act.
  Sections 147.51 to 147.58 of the Revised Code may be cited as the "Uniform Recognition of Acknowledgments Act." Effective Date: 01-01-1974
• Section 147.99 - Penalty.
  (A) Whoever violates section 147.10 of the Revised Code shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars. (B) Whoever violates section 147.14 of...

Last modified: October 10, 2016