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NATURE OF OFFICE

Notaries shall have the power to administer oaths and affirmations, certify copies and take depositions, affidavits, verifications, upon oath or affirmation and acknowledgments according to law, in all matters belonging or incident to the exercise of their notarial office. A Notary Public is a state officer just as a judge of the Supreme Court or Court of Common Pleas is a state officer. A notary’s jurisdiction is co-extensive with the boundaries of the Commonwealth. Notaries have the authority to notarize documents anywhere within the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania notaries are prohibited from notarizing documents outside of the state.

 

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