Or. Admin. Code § 160-100-0200
Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 12, December 1, 2024
Section 160-100-0200 - Form and Content of Notarial JournalA paper notarial journal of a notary public may be in any form that meets the physical requirements set out in this rule and the entry requirements set out in section 18 (3), chapter 219, Oregon Laws 2013:
(1) The cover and pages inside the cover shall be bound together by any binding method that is designed to prevent the insertion or removal of the cover or a page; (2) Each page shall be consecutively numbered from the beginning to the end of the journal. If a journal provides two pages on which to record the required information about the same notarial act, then both pages may be numbered with the same number or each page may be numbered with a different number. A page number shall be preprinted; (3) Each line(or entry if the journal is designed with numbered entry blocks) shall be consecutively numbered from the beginning to the end of the page. If a line extends across two pages, the line shall be numbered with the same number on both pages. A line or entry number shall be preprinted; (4) A notarial journal of a notary public shall contain on the inside of the front cover or on the first page the following information in any order: (a) The name of the notary public; (b) The notary public's commission number; (c) The notary public's commission expiration date; (d) The notary public's residence or business street or mailing address; (e) The earliest date the journal may be destroyed, which shall be ten years after the date of the last act chronicled in the journal; (f) One of the following statements: (A) That, in the event of the decease of this notary public, the journal shall be delivered or mailed to the Secretary of State; or (B) That, in the event the notary public has entered into a written agreement with his/her employer pursuant to OAR 160-100-0360, the date such written agreement was entered into, the name and address of the employer and instructions that the journal shall be delivered or mailed to the employer in the event of the decease of the notary public. (g) The meaning of any not commonly abbreviated word or symbol used in recording a notarial act in the notarial journal; (h) The signature of the notary public; (i) At the respective time of entry, the dates of the first and last notarial acts recorded in the notarial journal. EXAMPLE: First entry on July 6, 2009, last entry on January 7, 2013.
(5) If a notary public's name, commission number, commission expiration date, or address that is written in the notarial journal changes before the notary public ceases to use the notarial journal, the notary public shall draw a single line through the old information and write the new information to the side of the old information.Or. Admin. Code § 160-100-0200
SOS-AD 2-1990, f. 5-9-90, cert. ef. 7-1-90; CORP 1-1993, f. 12-29-93, cert. ef. 1-1-94, Renumbered from 164-100-0200; CORP 2-2007, f. 12-14-07 cert. ef. 1-15-08; CORP 2-2013, f. 8-30-13, cert. ef. 9-1-13Stat. Auth.: Sec. 26, ch.219, OL 2013
Stats. Implemented: Sec. 18, ch. 219, OL 2013