-
NOTARY PUBLIC OATH OF OFFICE, BONDING AND RECORDING
Every Notary, upon appointment and prior to entering upon the duties of the
office of notary public, shall:
- Take and subscribe the constitutional oath of office.
- Give a surety bond, payable to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in the amount of $10,000.00 and record it with the Recorder of Deeds in the proper county.
- File the approved bond with the Secretary of the Commonwealth.
Upon recording the bond with the Recorder of Deeds, the Recorder of Deeds will file the bond with the Secretary of the Commonwealth.
The $10,000 bond for the notary public commission shall be issued by a duly authorized surety company or the notary applicant can have two sufficient individual sureties, to be approved by the Secretary of the Commonwealth, to act as surety for the faithful performance of the duties of the office of notary public and for the delivery of the notary’s register to the office of the Recorder of Deeds of the proper county in case of the death, resignation or disqualification of the notary within thirty (30) days of such event.
Unless the bond as well as the commission and oath of office are recorded within the proper office of the recorder of deeds within the forty-five (45) days of the beginning of the term upon appointment or reappointment, they shall be null and void. Prior to the new law effective July 1, 2003 a notary public applicant had thirty (30) days to take the oath and record the bond. (Section 8 of the NPL)