§ 10B-37. Seal image.
§ 10B‑37. Seal image.
(a) A notary shallaffix the notary's official seal near the notary's official signature on thenotarial certificate of a record.
(b) A notary's officialseal shall include all of the following elements:
(1) The notary's nameexactly as commissioned.
(2) The words"Notary Public".
(3) The county ofcommissioning, including the word "County" or the abbreviation"Co.".
(4) The words"North Carolina" or the abbreviation "NC".
(c) The notary seal maybe either circular or rectangular in shape. Upon receiving a commission or arecommission on or after October 1, 2006, a notary shall not use a circularseal that is less than 1 ½ inches, nor more than 2 inches in diameter. Therectangular seal shall not be over 1 inch high and 2 ½ inches long. Theperimeter of the seal shall contain a border that is visible when impressed.
(c1) Alterations to anyinformation contained within the seal as embossed or stamped on the record areprohibited.
(d) A notarial seal, asit appears on a record, may contain the permanently imprinted, handwritten, ortyped date the notary's commission expires.
(e) Any reference inthe General Statutes to the seal of a notary shall include the stamp of anotary, and any reference to the stamp of a notary shall include the seal ofthe notary.
(f) The failure of anotarial seal to comply with the requirements of this section shall not affectthe sufficiency, validity, or enforceability of the notarial certificate, butshall constitute a violation of the notary's duties. (2005‑391, s. 4; 2006‑59,s. 17.)