§ 24-21-518 — Stamping device

Colorado § 24-21-518

• Jurisdiction: Colorado
• Title 24: Government
• Art.: Secretary of State - Department of State

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(1) A notary public is responsible for the
security of the notary public's stamping device and may not allow another
individual to use the device to perform a notarial act. On resignation from, or the
revocation or expiration of, the notary public's commission, or on the expiration of
the date set forth in the stamping device, if any, the notary public shall disable the
stamping device by destroying, defacing, damaging, erasing, or securing it against
use in a manner that renders it unusable. On the death or adjudication of
incompetency of a notary public, the notary public's personal representative or
guardian or any other person knowingly in possession of the stamping device shall
render it unusable by destroying, defacing, damaging, erasing, or securing it
against use in a manner that renders it unusable.

(2) If a notary public's stamping device is lost or stolen, the notary public or
the notary public's personal representative or guardian shall notify the secretary of
state in writing within thirty days after discovering that the device is lost or stolen.

Legislative History

Source: L. 2017: Entire part added, (SB 17-132), ch. 207, p. 797, � 2, effective July 1, 2018.