(a) The secretary of state has developed a system for electronic submission of the application for notary public commission, the notary bond, and the statement of officer. The secretary of state authorizes the submission of these documents electronically on behalf of a notary under the following terms and conditions:
- (1) the submitter must comply with the technical specifications contained in the eNotary Web Service Consumer's Guide available through the Information Technology Division of the Office of the Secretary of State;
- (2) the notary application and the statement of officer signed by the applicant and the surety bond signed by an officer or attorney-in-fact for the surety must be attached to the electronic submission as an image in the format specified in the eNotary Web Service Consumer's Guide; and
- (3) all fees must be paid by prepaid account, LegalEase® or credit card.
- (b) If the applicant is commissioned, the secretary of state shall cause the commission to be issued and the educational materials to be sent to the notary. On commission, the applicable fees will be charged to the prepaid account, LegalEase® or the credit card.
- (c) If the application is rejected, the secretary of state will return a notice of the rejection to the submitter electronically. On rejection, no fees are charged to the account, LegalEase® or to the credit card.
- (d) Status of a notary application may be checked on SOSDirect.
- (e) If the submitter is not able to consistently comply with the technical specifications and the submissions are failing as a result, the secretary of state may revoke the privilege of the submitter to submit electronically until all technical issues are resolved to the satisfaction of the secretary of state.
- (f) As part of the electronic submission, the submitter is responsible for accurately entering the data elements related to the application. Repeated and consistent entry errors may result in a revocation of the privilege of the submitter to submit electronically.
Source Note:The provisions of this §87.60 adopted to be effective January 1, 2010, 34 TexReg 9395; amended to be effective February 10, 2016, 41 TexReg 957.