{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-66-271","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 66-271","heading":"Definitions.","body":"The following definitions apply in this Article:\n(1)\tAuthentication. - Certification of the genuineness of an official's signature, seal, or position within the State of North Carolina so the document can be recognized in a foreign jurisdiction.\n(2)\tDepartment. - The Department of the Secretary of State.\n(3)\tForeign jurisdiction. - A jurisdiction outside the State of North Carolina.\n(4)\tForeign official. - An individual authorized by a foreign jurisdiction to attest to the genuineness of a document or to the position of an individual within that foreign jurisdiction.\n(5)\tNotary public. - Defined in G.S. 10B-3.\n(6)\tOfficial. - An individual who is a notary public, an individual who is elected or appointed to hold an office in State government, or an individual who is elected or appointed to hold an office in a local governmental unit of this State.\n(7)\tSecretary. - The Secretary of State.\n(8)\tSpecimen. - A record of a person's signature, seal, or position as an official within the State maintained in the Department. (1998-228, s. 14; 2005-391, s. 5.)","path":["Chapter 66. Commerce and Business.","Article 34. Certificates of Authentication."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_66/GS_66-271.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:07:52Z","sha256":"8143a6da9d01f7b7c0c0cb4839359c690e97b1ff4fa75331c3388d20225c86a9","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-66-270","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-66-272"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}