Vermont Statutes Title 26 Sec. 5377
Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 26 Sec. 5377
- 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.
- Notarial act: means an act, whether performed with respect to a tangible or an electronic record, that a notary public may perform under the law of this State. See
- Notary public: means an individual commissioned to perform a notarial act by the Office. See
- Signature: means a tangible symbol or an electronic signature that evidences the signing of a record. See
- State: means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the U. See
§ 5377. Evidence of authenticity of notarial act performed in this State
(a) The authenticity of the official notarial stamp and signature of a notary public may be evidenced by either:
(1) A certificate of authority from the Secretary of State authenticated as necessary.
(2) An apostille from the Secretary of State in the form prescribed by the Hague convention of October 5, 1961 abolishing the requirement of legalization of foreign public documents.
(b) An apostille as specified by the Hague convention shall be attached to any document that requires authentication and that is sent to a nation that has signed and ratified this convention. (Added 2017, No. 160 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. July 1, 2019.)