Title 8, Public Officers And Employees

A notary public shall also take and subscribe, before the county clerk or the clerk's deputy within the notary public's county, an oath to support the constitutions of this state and of the United States, and an oath that the notary will, without favor or partiality, honestly, fa…

It is the duty of any person elected a notary public, who desires to qualify for such office, to pay to the county clerk of the county in which the notary resides or has principal place of business and was elected, the fee required to be paid into the office of the secretary of s…

The county clerk shall not deliver the commission until the person elected has taken the oath and executed the bond, as required. The county clerk shall make a record of the date of the issuance and the expiration of the commission, noting the same on the bond executed by the not…

If a notary public's surname changes, or if a notary public moves such notary's residence or principal place of business out of the county from which the notary was elected and commissioned to another county in Tennessee, the notary shall notify the county clerk of the county fro…

(a) If a notary public moves such notary's residence or principal place of business out of the state of Tennessee, such notary is no longer qualified to act as a Tennessee notary public and shall surrender such notary's commission. (b) It is an offense for any person who has been…

(a) A Tennessee notary public is authorized to act in any county in the state and has the power to acknowledge signatures upon personal knowledge or satisfactory proof, to administer oaths, to take depositions, to qualify parties to bills in chancery, and to take affidavits, in a…

Any notary public fulfilling the requirements of this part shall be known as a notary public for the state of Tennessee, and the official signature of such notary public shall so indicate.

(a) The secretary of state shall prescribe and design an official seal to be used by a Tennessee notary public. The seal of office may be imprinted by a rubber or other type of stamp. Such stamp shall imprint the seal of office in any color other than black or yellow, provided th…

Every certificate of acknowledgement officially executed by a Tennessee notary public shall include the true date of the notary's commission expiration. Failure to include the commission expiration date shall not render void or invalidate such certificate of acknowledgement.

The attestations, protestations, and other instruments of publication or acknowledgment, made by any notary public under seal, shall be received in evidence.

The deposition of a notary public may be taken, whether a suit be pending or not, on ten (10) days' notice to the opposite party, if resident in the state, and forty (40) days' notice out of the state, to be read as evidence between the same parties in any suit then or afterward …

It is unlawful for any person who has been commissioned as a notary public, either as a result of election or upon direct appointment by the governor, to take acknowledgments or otherwise act in an official capacity after the expiration of such notary's commission. A violation of…

A notary public, duly and lawfully commissioned by the proper authorities of another state and empowered by the law of such state to take depositions, is authorized to take depositions to be used in the courts of this state, upon the same terms that are provided for the taking of…

(a) (1) A notary public who is not an attorney licensed to practice law in this state who advertises in any language the person's services as a notary public by radio, television, signs, pamphlets, newspapers, telephone directory or other written or oral communication, or in any …

A notary public who is not an attorney licensed to practice law is prohibited from representing or advertising that the notary public is an immigration consultant, immigration paralegal or expert on immigration matters unless the notary public is an accredited representative of a…

Any failure to comply with the foregoing provisions constitutes an unfair or deceptive act as provided for in § 47-18-104.

(1) This part shall not apply to:(1) Notary services offered by a state or national bank, trust company, savings and loan association, savings bank or by any affiliate or subsidiary of such state or national bank, trust company, savings and loan association or savings bank or any…

This part shall be known and may be cited as the “Online Notary Public Act.”

(1) As used in this part:(1) “Appear” or “appearance” or “personally appear” means:(A) Appearing physically before a notary public; or(B) Appearing before an online notary public by means of an interactive two-way audio and video communication that meets the online notarization r…

This part only applies to online notarizations.

The secretary of state shall promulgate rules necessary to implement this part, including rules to facilitate online notarizations. Rules must be promulgated in accordance with the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5.

(a) The secretary of state shall promulgate by rule standards for online notarization in accordance with this part, including standards for credential analysis and identity proofing. (b) The secretary of state may confer with other appropriate agencies on matters relating to equi…

(a) A person who has been commissioned as a notary public may apply to the secretary of state to be commissioned as an online notary public in the manner provided by this section. (b) A person qualifies to be commissioned as an online notary public by:(1) Satisfying the qualifica…

(1) An online notary public:(1) Is a notary public for purposes of this chapter, is subject to this chapter, and must be appointed and commissioned as a notary public under this chapter;(2) May perform notarial acts as provided in part 1 of this chapter; and(3) May perform an onl…

(a) An online notary public shall keep a secure electronic record of electronic documents notarized by the online notary public. The record may be kept in one (1) or more electronic journals. The electronic record must contain for each online notarization:(1) The date and time of…

(a) An online notary public shall take reasonable steps to ensure that any registered device used to create an electronic signature is current and has not been revoked or terminated by the device's issuing or registering authority. (b) An online notary public shall keep the onlin…

(a) In performing an online notarization, an online notary public shall verify the identity of a person creating an electronic signature at the time that the signature is taken by using two-way video and audio conference technology that meets the requirements of this part and rul…

An online notary public or the online notary public's employer may charge a fee in an amount not to exceed twenty-five dollars ($25.00) each for performing an online notarization in addition to any other fees authorized under this chapter.

(a) The secretary of state shall terminate the commission of an online notary public if the online notary fails to comply with this chapter. (b) Except as provided in subsection (c), an online notary public whose commission terminates shall destroy the coding, disk, certificate, …

(a) It is an offense for a person who, without authorization, knowingly obtains, conceals, damages, or destroys the certificate, disk, coding, card, program, software, or hardware enabling an online notary public to affix an official electronic signature or electronic seal. (b) A…