18 NCAC 07B .0608          MANDATORY REVOCATION

The Department shall revoke an authorization of:

(1)           a person who is convicted of a crime related to performance of an act pursuant to, or in relation to, an authorization issued by the Department;

(2)           a notary public who notarizes the notary's own signature;

(3)           a notary who performs a notarial act and either:

(a)           fails to require the personal appearance of the principal; or

(b)           performs a remote electronic notarial act without requiring the appearance of a principal by an authorized communication technology; or

(4)           a person who performs an act permitted by an authorization issued by the Department knowing that:

(a)           the act, a document associated with the act, or information contained in a document associated with the act is false or fraudulent; or

(b)           the intent of the act or document is to perpetrate a crime.

History Note:        Authority G.S. 10B-4; 10B-14(f); 10B-60; 10B-126; 10B-134.19; 10B-134.21;

Eff. July 1, 2024.