Posted by JustANotary on 1/3/07 6:09pm
Msg #168906

Go back to the County when I am Re-commissioned in CA?

I should receive my letter from the SS anyday now to get my new notary stamp, do I also have to go back to the county to file a bond & be sworn in, like I did when I fisrt bacame a notary 4 years & weeks ago...

Reply by BarbaraL_CA on 1/3/07 9:05pm
Msg #168932

Yes... per your Notary Handbook, it says....

§ 8213. Bonds and oaths; filing; certificate; copy of oath as evidence; transfer to new
county; name changes; fees
(a) No later than 30 days after the beginning of the term prescribed in the commission, every
person appointed a notary public shall file an official bond, and an oath of office in the office
of the county clerk of the county within which the person maintains a principal place of business
as shown in the application submitted to the Secretary of State, and the commission shall not
take effect unless this is done within the 30-day period. A person appointed to be a notary
public shall take and subscribe the oath of office either in the office of that county clerk or
before another notary public in that county. If the oath of office is taken and subscribed before
a notary public, the oath and bond may be filed with the county clerk by certified mail. Upon
the filing of the oath and bond, the county clerk shall immediately transmit to the Secretary of
State a certificate setting forth the fact of the filing and containing a copy of the official oath,
personally signed by the notary public in the form set forth in the commission and shall
immediately deliver the bond to the county recorder for recording. The county clerk shall
retain the oath of office for one year following the expiration of the term of the commission for
which the oath was taken, after which the oath may be destroyed or otherwise disposed of. The
copy of the oath, personally signed by the notary public, on file with the Secretary of State
may at any time be read in evidence with like effect as the original oath, without further proof.