{"data":{"id":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-486.745","jurisdiction":"us-mo","citation":"Mo. Rev. Stat. § 486.745","heading":"Paper notarial certificates, requirements — correction or errors or omissions, when.","body":"1. A paper notarial certificate that is attached to a document during the notarization of the signature of a principal shall:\n(1) Be attached by staple or other method that leaves evidence of any subsequent detachment;\n(2) Be attached, signed, and sealed only by the notary and only at the time of notarization and in the presence of the principal;\n(3) Be attached immediately following the signature page if the certificate is the same size as that page, or to the front of the signature page if the certificate is smaller; and\n(4) Contain all of the elements described in section 486.740 on the same sheet of paper.\n2. A notary may correct an error or omission made by that notary in a notarial certificate if:\n(1) The original certificate and document are returned to the notary;\n(2) The notary verifies the error by reference to the pertinent journal entry, the document itself, or to other determinative written evidence;\n(3) The notary legibly corrects the certificate and initials and dates the correction in ink, or replaces the original certificate with a correct certificate; and\n(4) The notary appends to the pertinent journal entry a notation regarding the nature and date of the correction.","path":["Title XXXII - COURTS","Chapter 486 - Commissioners of Deeds and Notaries Public"],"source_url":"https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=486.745","current_through":"2026 legislative session (floor)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T22:23:28Z","sha256":"851bc1c529fd75c555d730f514999e623be0f4459aefdf46adcfe8f1ae0b7bb7","source_id":"us-mo","stale":false,"prev":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-486.740","next":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-486.750"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}