Terms Used In Maryland Code, STATE GOVERNMENT 18-217

  • County: means a county of the State or Baltimore City. See
  • state: means :

    (1) a state, possession, territory, or commonwealth of the United States; or

    (2) the District of Columbia. See
(a) The official stamp of a notary public shall:

(1) include:

(i) the notary public’s name and office;

(ii) 1. if the notary public resides in the State, the county in which the notary public resides; or

2. if the notary public resides outside the State, the county in which the notary public was qualified; and

(iii) any other information required by the Secretary of State; and

(2) be capable of being copied together with the record to which it is affixed or attached or with which it is logically associated.

(b) A notary public commissioned under the laws of this State shall include in the notary public’s official stamp or within a certificate of notarial act the expiration date of the notary public’s commission as a notary public.

(c) A notary public’s official stamp is a public seal.