2402.1 The term of a notary public commission shall expire five (5) years after the notary public's commission date.

2402.2 The commission of each notary shall either:

(a) Begin on the first (1st) day of a month, and end on the last day of the prior month, except that a commission starting at the beginning of January will start on a January 2nd and end on a January 1st; or

(b) Begin on the fifteenth (15th) day of a month and end on the fourteenth (14th) day of that month.

2402.3 An electronic notary endorsement is valid from the date ONCA issues the endorsement and will remain valid so long as the notary public's current notary commission remains valid, unless ONCA terminates the endorsement pursuant to Section 23 of the Act (D.C. Official Code § 1-1231.22), or the electronic notary resigns the endorsement.

SOURCE: §§ 1.2, 1.3, and 1.5 of Regulation No. 73-13, approved May 24, 1973, published at 19 DCR 1147, 1148 (June 11, 1973); as published in 25 DCRR §§ 1.2, 1.3, and 1.5; as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 63 DCR 9099 (July 1, 2016); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 69 DCR 012856 (October 21, 2022); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 70 DCR 014646 (November 3, 2023).