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REGISTRATION OF NOTARY'S SIGNATURE

Each notary public must register his/her official signature in the Notary Register provided for such purpose in the Prothonotary’s Office of the county wherein the notary maintains an office, within forty-five (45) days after appointment or reappointment and in the county to which the notary may subsequently move the notary’s office within thirty (30) days thereafter (as well as in the clerk’s office in counties of the second class within the specified time frames). (Section 9 of the NPL)

The notary public may be charged a fee of fifty cents ($.50) by the Prothonotary.

Please note this fee is in addition to the fee charged by the Recorder of Deed’s Office to record the bond. (Section 9(b) of the NPL)

In acting as a notary public, a notary shall sign the notary's name exactly and only as it appears on the commission or otherwise execute the notary’s electronic signature in the manner that attributes such signature to the notary public identified on the commission. (Section 9(c) of the NPL)

Counties may permit notaries to register their electronic signature. (Section 9(d) of the NPL)

 

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