(1) The official stamp of a notary public must:

Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 194.290

  • 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.
  • Notary public: means an individual commissioned to perform a notarial act by the Secretary of State. See Oregon Statutes 194.215
  • Official stamp: means a physical image affixed to a tangible record or an electronic image attached to or logically associated with an electronic record. See Oregon Statutes 194.215
  • Record: means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form. See Oregon Statutes 194.215
  • State: means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. See Oregon Statutes 194.215

(a) Include the notary public’s name, jurisdiction, commission expiration date and other information required by the Secretary of State by rule; and

(b) Be a legible imprint capable of being copied together with the record to which it is affixed or attached or with which it is logically associated.

(2) The official stamp of a notary public is an official notarial seal for all purposes under the laws of this state. [2013 c.219 § 16; 2020 s.s.1 c.12 23,24; 2021 c.344 § 2]