PRINTER'S NO. 1035
No. 923 Session of 1991
INTRODUCED BY McCALL, STABACK, ARGALL, FAIRCHILD, WAMBACH,
STUBAN, BELFANTI, COY, CAPPABIANCA, NOYE, KUKOVICH, LAUGHLIN,
CARLSON, STISH, SAURMAN, BUNT, E. Z. TAYLOR, LaGROTTA, PESCI,
DALEY AND BARLEY, APRIL 2, 1991
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT, APRIL 2, 1991
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of August 21, 1953 (P.L.1323, No.373), entitled
2 "An act concerning notaries public; and amending, revising,
3 consolidating and changing the law relating thereto," further
4 providing for documents to be recorded in the office of the
5 recorder of deeds.
6 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
7 hereby enacts as follows:
8 Section 1. Section 12(c) of the act of August 21, 1953
9 (P.L.1323, No.373), known as The Notary Public Law, amended June
10 30, 1988 (P.L.462, No.78), is amended to read:
11 Section 12. Notarial Seal.--* * *
12 (c) In addition to the official seal required in subsection
13 (a), a notary public shall also use and keep an embosser upon
14 which shall be engraved the words "Notary Public, Commonwealth
15 of Pennsylvania," and the name and surname of the notary. All
16 documents executed [shall] may bear a legibly embossed
17 impression. As long as the document left for recording in the
18 office of the recorder of deeds has the official seal provided
1 for in subsection (a) thereon, the recorder of deeds may
2 disregard the existence or absence of the embossed impression.
3 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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