Seal

Seal. (a) Every notary public shall keep a seal of office, which may be a rubber stamp or impression seal, engraved with his or her name, and the words “Notary Public” and “Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.” The notary public shall authenticate all of his official acts, attestations, certificates and instruments therewith. (b) Upon resignation, death, expiration of term of office, removal from or abandonment of office, or change in residence from the Commonwealth, the notary public shall immediately deliver his or her seal to the Attorney General, who shall deface or destroy it. By failing for 60 days to comply with the above requirement, the notary public, or the notary’s executor or administrator, shall forfeit to the Commonwealth not more than $500, in the discretion of the court, to be recovered in an action to be brought by the Attorney General on behalf of the Commonwealth. Source: 31 TTC § 252; repealed and reenacted by PL 14-52, § 2 (3322).