North Carolina General Statutes 66-271. Definitions
The following definitions apply in this Article:
(1) Authentication. – 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.
Terms Used In North Carolina General Statutes 66-271
- following: when used by way of reference to any section of a statute, shall be construed to mean the section next preceding or next following that in which such reference is made; unless when some other section is expressly designated in such reference. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- seal: shall be construed to include an impression of such official seal, made upon the paper alone, as well as an impression made by means of a wafer or of wax affixed thereto. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3
- state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories, so called; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the said district and territories and all dependencies. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3
(2) Department. – The Department of the Secretary of State.
(3) Foreign jurisdiction. – A jurisdiction outside the State of North Carolina.
(4) Foreign 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.
(5) Notary public. – Defined in N.C. Gen. Stat. § 10B-3
(6) Official. – 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.
(7) Secretary. – The Secretary of State.
(8) Specimen. – 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.)