Arizona Laws 41-266. Official stamp
A. The official stamp of a notary public must:
Terms Used In Arizona Laws 41-266
- Commission: means to authorize to perform notarial acts and the written authority to perform those acts. See Arizona Laws 41-251
- Electronic: means relating to technology having electrical, digital, magnetic, wireless, optical, electromagnetic or similar capabilities. See Arizona Laws 41-251
- notary: means any individual who is commissioned to perform notarial acts by the secretary of state. 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
- Stamping device: means either of the following:
(a) A physical device that is capable of affixing to a tangible record an official stamp. 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
1. Include the words "notary public", the name of the county in which the notary public is commissioned, the notary public’s name as it appears on the notary public’s commission, the commission expiration date and other information required by the secretary of state.
2. Be capable of being copied together with the record to which it is affixed or attached or with which it is logically associated.
B. A notary public’s official stamp may be any shape. The physical image of an official stamp created by a physical stamping device must be not more than one and one-half inches high and two and one-half inches wide and it must include an image of the great seal of the state of Arizona. The electronic image of an official stamp created by an electronic stamping device must be legible when reproduced together with the record with which it is logically associated.
C. A notary public may not affix or attach the notary public’s official stamp over the notary public’s signature or over any other signature on the record that is the subject of the notarial act.
D. The official stamp of a notary public is an official seal of office for the purposes of the laws of this state.