SUBCHAPTER 07E – NOTARY INSTRUCTOR REQUIREMENTS

SECTION .0100 – NOTARY INSTRUCTOR APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS

18 NCAC 07E .0101          INSTRUCTOR CERTIFICATION – SCOPE AND DEFINITIONS

(a)  This Subchapter sets the requirements for certification and recertification as a notary instructor and for requesting that the Department offer certified notary instructor courses.

(b)  For purposes of this Subchapter:

(1)           "Active experience as a notary" means either:

(A)          performance in North Carolina of at least 1 notarial act in each of the immediately preceding 12 months; or

(B)          active experience as a certified notary instructor.

(2)           "Active experience as a certified notary instructor" means teaching at least two notary courses for each of the two 12-month periods during which an instructor holds an instructor certification.

(3)           "Affidavit of moral character form" means the form specified in 18 NCAC 07B .0408.

(4)           "Eligible institution" or "institution" means:

(A)          a community college established pursuant to G.S. 115D-4;

(B)          a constituent institution of the University of North Carolina established pursuant to G.S. 116-4;

(C)          an eligible private postsecondary institution as defined by G.S. 116-280(3); or

(D)          a public school system authorized to conduct adult education programs pursuant to G.S. 115C-231.

(5)           "Instructor applicant" means an applicant for initial certification or for recertification as a notary instructor.

(6)           "Instructor application form" means the form specified in 18 NCAC 07B .0414.

(7)           "Instructor course" means the initial notary public instructor certification course and the recertification course.

(8)           "Instructor recertification application form" means the form specified in 18 NCAC 07B .0418.

(9)           "Recommendation form" means the form specified in 18 NCAC 07B .0415.

(10)         "Successfully complete" means, when used to describe an instructor applicant, that an instructor applicant has complied with Chapter 10B and the rules in this Subchapter and has:

(A)          presented satisfactory evidence of identity;

(B)          attended a notary instructor certification or recertification course; and

(C)          achieved passing grades on the written and oral instructor certification or recertification course exams.

History Note:        Authority G.S. 10B-4; 10B-14; 10B-134.21;

Eff. January 1, 2008;

Pursuant to G.S. 150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without substantive public interest Eff. December 6, 2016;

Transferred from 18 NCAC 07B .0701 Eff. June 1, 2023;

Amended Eff. July 1, 2024.