NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1979 SESSION

CHAPTER 643

HOUSE BILL 1204

AN ACT TO VALIDATE ACTS OF NOTARIES WHERE THE WORDS "NORTH CAROLINA" WERE OMITTED FROM THE SEAL.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  Chapter 10 of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read:

"§ 10-16.1.  Act of notaries of North Carolina missing from seal. — The notarial acts of any person heretofore duly commissioned as a notary public in this State, who used in performing such acts a seal correctly containing the name of the notary, but the words 'North Carolina' or an abbreviation 'N.C.' were omitted, are hereby validated and given the same legal effect as if such correct designation of the State had appeared on the seal or seal imprint so used. This section shall apply to notarial acts prior to July 1, 1979."

Sec. 2.  This act is effective July 1, 1979.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 25th day of May, 1979.