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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 58th Legislature (2021)
SENATE BILL 480 By: Young
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to notaries public; amending 4 9 O.S.
2011, Section 1, which relates to appointment and
removal; prohibiting disqualification for or removal
from the office of notary public for certain
conviction; defining term; and providing an effective
date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 49 O.S. 2011, Section 1, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 1. A. The Secretary of State shall appoint and
commission in this state notaries public, who shall hold their
office for four (4) years. An applicant for a notary comm ission
shall be eighteen (18) years of age or older, a citizen of the
United States, and employed within this state or a legal resident of
this state. A felony conviction shall not be grounds for
disqualifying a person for an appointment or for removal of a person
from the office of notary public unless the conviction was for a
felony crime that substantially relates to the provision of notarial
services. All notary commissions shall run in the name and by the
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authority of the State of Oklahoma, be signed by the Secretary of
State, and sealed with the Great Seal of the State of Oklahoma.
Commissions shall not be attested. Any person filing an application
for a new notary commi ssion shall pay Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00)
to the Secretary of State with the application. Any person filing
an application for a renewal of a notary commission shall pay Twenty
Dollars ($20.00) to the Secretary of State with the application.
Any person requiring “same day filing service” shall pay Twenty-five
Dollars ($25.00) to the Secretary of State in addition to the
applicable filing fee. These funds shall be deposited in the
Revolving Fund created for the Secretary of State pursuant to the
provisions of Section 276.1 of Title 62 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
B. For the purpose of this section, “substantially relate s”
means the nature of criminal conduct for which the person was
convicted has a direct bearing on the fitness or ability to perform
one or more of the duties or responsibilities necessarily related to
the appointment and commission.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2021.
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