Montana Code 1-5-629. Authority and venue for notarial acts
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1-5-629. Authority and venue for notarial acts. (1) A notary public may perform a notarial act within the jurisdiction authorized in the notary’s commission from the secretary of state.
Terms Used In Montana Code 1-5-629
- 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 act: means an act, whether performed with respect to a tangible or electronic record, that a notarial officer may perform under the law of this state. See Montana Code 1-5-602
- Notarial officer: means a notary public or other individual authorized to perform notarial acts. See Montana Code 1-5-602
- notary: means an individual commissioned to perform a notarial act by the secretary of state. See Montana Code 1-5-602
- 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 Montana Code 1-5-602
- Venue: The geographical location in which a case is tried.
(2)The venue for a notarial act is the state and the county where the notarial officer is physically located at the time the notarial act is performed.