No person shall be commissioned as a notary public or electronic notary public pursuant to this title until he submits (i) an application fee as set forth in § 2.2-409; (ii) a complete and correct application to the Secretary, in a form prescribed by the Secretary, which shall include the oath of the applicant, signed and sworn before some officer authorized by law to administer oaths, that the answers to all questions on the application are true and complete to the best of his knowledge and that he is qualified to be appointed and commissioned as a notary public; and (iii) proof that he has completed the required course of instruction for a person applying for a commission in accordance with subsection A of § 47.1-5.2. The Secretary may accept applications by electronic means.

Any application fee shall be waived for an application filed by a clerk or deputy clerk of a circuit or district court.

Code 1950, § 47-2; 1962, p. 687; 1976, c. 559; 1979, c. 14; 1980, c. 580; 2001, c. 488; 2002, c. 832; 2007, cc. 269, 590; 2008, cc. 117, 814; 2026, cc. 364, 365.