Arizona Laws 41-262. Foreign notarial act; definition
A. If a notarial act is performed under authority and in the jurisdiction of a foreign state or constituent unit of the foreign state or is performed under the authority of a multinational or international governmental organization, the act has the same effect under the laws of this state as if performed by a notarial officer of this state.
Terms Used In Arizona Laws 41-262
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Notarial officer: means a notary public or other individual who is authorized to perform a notarial act. See Arizona Laws 41-251
- Official stamp: means a physical image that is affixed to a tangible record or an electronic image that is attached to or logically associated with an electronic record. See Arizona Laws 41-251
- Record: means information that is either:
(a) Inscribed on a tangible medium. See Arizona Laws 41-251
- Signature: means a tangible symbol or an electronic signature that evidences the signing of a record. See Arizona Laws 41-251
- State: means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. See Arizona Laws 41-251
- United States: includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Arizona Laws 1-215
B. If the title of office and indication of authority to perform notarial acts in a foreign state appear in a digest of foreign law or in a list customarily used as a source for that information, the authority of an officer with that title to perform notarial acts is conclusively established.
C. The signature and official stamp of an individual holding an office described in subsection B of this section are prima facie evidence that the signature is genuine and that the individual holds the designated title.
D. An apostille in the form prescribed by the Hague convention of October 5, 1961 and issued by a foreign state party to the Convention conclusively establishes that the signature of the notarial officer is genuine and that the notarial officer holds the indicated office.
E. A consular authentication issued by an individual designated by the United States department of state as a notarizing officer for performing notarial acts overseas and attached to the record with respect to which the notarial act is performed conclusively establishes that the signature of the notarial officer is genuine and that the notarial officer holds the indicated office.
F. For the purposes of this section, "foreign state" means a government other than the United States, a state or a federally recognized Indian tribe.