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Texas · Through 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

Tex. Government Code § 405.019: LIST OF STATES REQUIRING AN OFFICIAL SEAL FOR CERTAIN DOCUMENTS.

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  1. GOVERNMENT CODE
  2. TITLE 4. EXECUTIVE BRANCH
  3. SUBTITLE A. EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
  4. CHAPTER 405. SECRETARY OF STATE
  5. SUBCHAPTER B. DUTIES

(a) The secretary of state annually shall compile a list of those states or territories within the United States that require a notary public to validate a certificate of an acknowledgement, proof of a written instrument, or a jurat by attaching an official seal.

(b) The secretary of state shall make the list available to the county clerks of this state before January 1 of each year.

(c) The secretary of state shall amend the list and make the amended list available to the county clerks of this state if the secretary learns that a state or territory has changed its requirements relating to a notary public in a manner that requires it to be added to or deleted from the list.

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 603, Sec. 3, eff. June 14, 1995.

Amended by:

Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 907 (S.B. 792), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2011.

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