(1) Every notary public appointed and commissioned must procure, at his own expense, a suitable official seal. The official seal of a notary public must: (a) Include the notary public's name, jurisdiction, commission expiration date and other information required by the Secretary of State; and (b) Be capable of being copied together with the record to which it is affixed or attached or with which it is logically associated. (2) The board of supervisors of every county must provide an official seal, with the inscription "notary public" around the margin and the image of an eagle in the center, which official seal must be kept in the office of the clerk of the circuit court. A judge, chancellor, clerk or deputy clerk of a court of this state, the Mississippi Secretary of State or an Assistant Secretary of State of this state may use the official seal to perform a notarial act under Section 25-34-21(1)(b) or (c) . (3) On the death or adjudication of incompetency of a current or former notary public, the notary public's personal representative or guardian or any other person knowingly in possession of the official seal shall destroy or deface, as soon as reasonably practicable, all official seals of the notary public so that they may not be misused. Added by Laws, 2020, ch. 382, HB 1156,§ 17, eff. 7/1/2021. (1) Every notary public appointed and commissioned must procure, at his own expense, a suitable official seal. The official seal of a notary public must: (a) Include the notary public's name, jurisdiction, commission expiration date and other information required by the Secretary of State; and (b) Be capable of being copied together with the record to which it is affixed or attached or with which it is logically associated. (2) The board of supervisors of every county must provide an official seal, with the inscription "notary public" around the margin and the image of an eagle in the center, which official seal must be kept in the office of the clerk of the circuit court. A judge, chancellor, clerk or deputy clerk of a court of this state, the Mississippi Secretary of State or an Assistant Secretary of State of this state may use the official seal to perform a notarial act under Section 25-34-21(1)(b) or (c) . (3) On the death or adjudication of incompetency of a current or former notary public, the notary public's personal representative or guardian or any other person knowingly in possession of the official seal shall destroy or deface, as soon as reasonably practicable, all official seals of the notary public so that they may not be misused. Added by Laws, 2020, ch. 382, HB 1156,§ 17, eff. 7/1/2021. (1) Every notary public appointed and commissioned must procure, at his own expense, a suitable official seal. The official seal of a notary public must: (a) Include the notary public's name, jurisdiction, commission expiration date and other information required by the Secretary of State; and (b) Be capable of being copied together with the record to which it is affixed or attached or with which it is logically associated. (2) The board of supervisors of every county must provide an official seal, with the inscription "notary public" around the margin and the image of an eagle in the center, which official seal must be kept in the office of the clerk of the circuit court. A judge, chancellor, clerk or deputy clerk of a court of this state, the Mississippi Secretary of State or an Assistant Secretary of State of this state may use the official seal to perform a notarial act under Section 25-34-21(1)(b) or (c) . (3) On the death or adjudication of incompetency of a current or former notary public, the notary public's personal representative or guardian or any other person knowingly in possession of the official seal shall destroy or deface, as soon as reasonably practicable, all official seals of the notary public so that they may not be misused. Added by Laws, 2020, ch. 382, HB 1156,§ 17, eff. 7/1/2021. (1) Every notary public appointed and commissioned must procure, at his own expense, a suitable official seal. The official seal of a notary public must: (a) Include the notary public's name, jurisdiction, commission expiration date and other information required by the Secretary of State; and (b) Be capable of being copied together with the record to which it is affixed or attached or with which it is logically associated. (a) Include the notary public's name, jurisdiction, commission expiration date and other information required by the Secretary of State; and (b) Be capable of being copied together with the record to which it is affixed or attached or with which it is logically associated. (2) The board of supervisors of every county must provide an official seal, with the inscription "notary public" around the margin and the image of an eagle in the center, which official seal must be kept in the office of the clerk of the circuit court. A judge, chancellor, clerk or deputy clerk of a court of this state, the Mississippi Secretary of State or an Assistant Secretary of State of this state may use the official seal to perform a notarial act under Section 25-34-21(1)(b) or (c) . (3) On the death or adjudication of incompetency of a current or former notary public, the notary public's personal representative or guardian or any other person knowingly in possession of the official seal shall destroy or deface, as soon as reasonably practicable, all official seals of the notary public so that they may not be misused.
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