2400 APPOINTMENT OF NOTARIES

2400.1 New appointments of notaries public shall be made to serve the needs and convenience of members of the public, the bar, financial institutions, and other fiduciary bodies.

2400.2 The Mayor may appoint citizens of the United States who are residents of the District of Columbia or whose sole place of business or employment is located in the District.

2400.3 Each person requesting to be appointed as a notary public shall indicate to the Mayor the hours during which he or she will be available at a designated place of business in the District.

2400.4 Request for appointment as a notary public by a privately employed person shall be made by the employer or an official of the company or business in which the applicant is employed.

2400.5 A self-employed person requesting appointment as a notary public must submit the request in writing on his or her official letterhead.

2400.6 A letter requesting an appointment of a notary public shall include a statement indicating how service and convenience to members of the public, the bar, financial institutions, or other fiduciary bodies will be enhanced.

2400.7 Letters requesting appointment shall be sent to the Secretary of the District of Columbia, District Building, 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20004.

AUTHORITY: Unless otherwise noted, the authority for this chapter is § 558 of An Act to establish a code of law for the District of Columbia, approved March 3, 1901, as amended by An Act to authorize the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to appoint notaries public, 58 Stat. 810, ch. 597, § 1, and § 402(20) of Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1967, D.C. Code 1973, Appendix 1 at 152.

SOURCE: §§ 1.1(a), 1.1(b), 1.1(c), 1.1(d), 1.1(f) of Regulation No. 73-13, approved May 24, 1973, 19 DCR 1147 (June 11, 1973), 25 DCRR § 1.1.