Note: This version of section effective until 7-1-2019. See also following version of this section, effective 7-1-2019.

1. (1) The certificate must be completed contemporaneously with the performance of the notarial act.
2. (2) The certificate must be signed and dated by the notarial officer. If the notarial officer is a notary public, the certificate must be signed in the manner on file with the secretary of state for the specific notary public.
3. (3) The certificate must identify the jurisdiction in which the notarial act is performed.
4. (4) The certificate must display the title of the notarial officer.

5. (5) If the notarial officer is a notary public, the certificate must display:

   1. (A) the expiration date of the notary public's commission; and
   2. (B) the county of the notary public's commission.

   3. (b) A notary public who performs a notarial act shall do the following:

      1. (1) affix, display, or emboss the notary's official seal; and

      2. (2) print or type the notary public's name underneath the notary public's signature on a certificate of acknowledgment, jurat, or other official record unless the name of the notary public:

         1. (A) appears in printed form on the record; or

         2. (B) appears as part of the notary public's seal; and

            is legible when the record is photocopied.

   4. (c) If a notarial act is performed on a public record by a notarial officer other than a notary public, the information described in subsection (a)(2) through (a)(4) must be affixed, displayed, or embossed upon the certificate and accompanied by an official seal.

   5. (d) A certificate of a notarial act is sufficient if it meets the requirements described in subsections (a) and (b) and:

      1. (1) is in a form permitted by the laws of this state;
      2. (2) is in a form permitted by the laws of the jurisdiction in which the notarial act was performed; or
      3. (3) sets forth the actions of the notarial officer.
   6. (e) By executing a certificate of a notarial act, a notarial officer certifies that the officer has complied with the requirements of this chapter.
   7. (f) A notarial officer may not affix a signature to or associate a certificate with a record until a notarial act has been performed.
   8. (g) All notarized records must have a certificate attached or associated with them. The affixing, attaching, or associating of certificates to notarial acts must conform to subsections (a) through (d).
   9. (h) An official certificate bearing a notary public's seal constitutes presumptive evidence of the facts stated in cases, where, by law, the notary public is authorized to certify facts.
   10. (i) A notarial officer may subsequently correct any information included or omitted from a certificate executed by the notarial officer.
   11. (j) Changes or corrections may never be made to the impression of an official seal.

Sec. 12. (a) A notarial act must be authenticated by a certificate bearing the date of the notarial act and the signature of the notarial officer. A properly completed certificate must conform to the following conditions:

As added by P.L.128-2017, SEC.18.