North Carolina § 10B-2 Purposes

North Carolina Statutes

§ 10B-2 — Purposes

North Carolina § 10B-2

Ch. 10BNotaries

Art. 1Notary Public Act

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N.C. Gen. Stat. § 10B-2 (2026).

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This Chapter shall be construed and applied to advance its underlying purposes, which are the following:

(1)To promote, serve, and protect the public interests.

(2)To simplify, clarify, and modernize the law governing notaries.

(3)To prevent fraud and forgery.

(4)To foster ethical conduct among notaries.

(5)To enhance interstate recognition of notarial acts.

(6)To integrate procedures for all of the following notarial acts: a. Traditional paper. b. Electronic notarization. c. Remote electronic notarization. (1991, c. 683, s. 2; 1998-228, s. 1; 2005-391, s. 4; 2022-54, s. 2(a); 2023-57, s. 2.)

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This Chapter shall be construed and applied to advance its underlying purposes, which are the following:
(1) To promote, serve, and protect the public interests.
(2) To simplify, clarify, and modernize the law governing notaries.
(3) To prevent fraud and forgery.
(4) To foster ethical conduct among notaries.
(5) To enhance interstate recognition of notarial acts.
(6) To integrate procedures for all of the following notarial acts:
a. Traditional paper.
b. Electronic notarization.
c. Remote electronic notarization. (1991, c. 683, s. 2; 1998-228, s. 1; 2005-391, s. 4; 2022-54, s. 2(a); 2023-57, s. 2.)