{"data":{"id":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-21-14-201","jurisdiction":"us-ar","citation":"Ark. Code Ann. § 21-14-201","heading":"Definitions","body":"As used in this subchapter: (1) (A) \"Commercial document\" means any instrument, certificate, report, billing, affidavit, or other document which is required to bear a notary certificate by the terms of a purchase order, contract, bid specification, construction standard, testing standard, or other commercial standard, specification, or practice. (B) The term \"commercial document\" shall not include any deed or other instrument in writing for the conveyance of any real estate or by which any real estate may be affected in law or equity; (2) \"Facsimile seal\" means the reproduction by engraving, imprinting, stamping, or other means of the seal of office of a notary public, containing the information described in § 21-14-107(b)(2) ; and (3) \"Facsimile signature\" means the reproduction by engraving, imprinting, stamping, or other means of a manual signature of a notary public. Acts 1995, No. 200, § 1.\n\nAs used in this subchapter:\n\n(1) (A) \"Commercial document\" means any instrument, certificate, report, billing, affidavit, or other document which is required to bear a notary certificate by the terms of a purchase order, contract, bid specification, construction standard, testing standard, or other commercial standard, specification, or practice. (B) The term \"commercial document\" shall not include any deed or other instrument in writing for the conveyance of any real estate or by which any real estate may be affected in law or equity;\n\n(A) \"Commercial document\" means any instrument, certificate, report, billing, affidavit, or other document which is required to bear a notary certificate by the terms of a purchase order, contract, bid specification, construction standard, testing standard, or other commercial standard, specification, or practice.\n\n(B) The term \"commercial document\" shall not include any deed or other instrument in writing for the conveyance of any real estate or by which any real estate may be affected in law or equity;\n\n(2) \"Facsimile seal\" means the reproduction by engraving, imprinting, stamping, or other means of the seal of office of a notary public, containing the information described in § 21-14-107(b)(2) ; and\n\n(3) \"Facsimile signature\" means the reproduction by engraving, imprinting, stamping, or other means of a manual signature of a notary public.","path":["AR Code","Title 21","Chapter 14","Subchapter 2"],"source_url":"https://oss-data-us.vaquill.ai/v2026.08/us_ar_statutes.parquet","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:41Z","sha256":"0eac0345557b38e830dc5618d7b0ac1820afe40bd582630de79fbd1614a90d4c","source_id":"us-ar","stale":false,"prev":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-21-14-114","next":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-21-14-202"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}