6105 - Acts of notaries public.

     § 6105.  Acts of notaries public.        (a)  General rule.--The official acts, protests and     attestations of all notaries public, certified under their     respective hands and seals of office, including the dishonor of     all bills and promissory notes, and of notice to the drawers,     acceptors or endorsers thereof, may be received and read in     evidence, as proof of the facts therein stated. Any litigant may     be permitted to contradict by other evidence any such     certificate.        (b)  Foreign notaries.--The official acts and     exemplifications of foreign notaries in accordance with the laws     of their respective countries shall be prima facie evidence of     the matters therein set forth, if they are authenticated as     provided in section 5328 (relating to proof of official     records). Any litigant may be permitted to contradict by other     evidence any such acts, exemplifications or certificates.