57 Pa. Stat. § 155

Current through P.A. Acts 2023-32
Section 155 - Registration of notary's signature; fee
(a) The official signature of each notary public shall be registered, in the "Notary Register" provided for such purpose in the prothonotary's office of the county wherein the notary maintains an office, within forty-five (45) days after appointment or reappointment, and in any county to which the notary may subsequently move the notary's office, within thirty (30) days thereafter. In counties of the second class, such signature shall also be registered in the clerk of courts' office within said period.
(b) The fee to be charged by the prothonotary for recording a notary's signature shall be fifty ($.50) cents.
(c) In acting as a notary public, a notary shall sign the notary's name exactly and only as it appears on the commission or otherwise execute the notary's electronic signature in a manner that attributes such signature to the notary public identified on the commission.
(d) A county may permit notaries to register their electronic signatures.

57 P.S. § 155

1953, Aug. 21, P.L. 1323, § 9. Amended 1965, July 22, P.L. 222, § 1; 2002, Dec. 9, P.L. 1269, No. 151, § 5, effective 7/1/2003.