GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2005

SESSION LAW 2005-328

HOUSE BILL 1217

AN ACT to increase the fee that may be collected by notaries.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 10A-10 reads as rewritten:

"§ 10A-10.  Fees of notaries.

The maximum fees that may be charged by a notary for notarial acts are as follows:

(1)       For acknowledgments, three dollars ($3.00) four dollars ($4.00) per signature.

(2)       For oaths or affirmations without a verification or proof, three dollars ($3.00) four dollars ($4.00) per person.

(3)       For verifications or proofs, three dollars ($3.00) four dollars ($4.00) per signature."

SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 16^th day of August, 2005.

                                                                    s/ Marc Basnight

                                                                         President Pro Tempore of the Senate

                                                                    s/ James B. Black

                                                                         Speaker of the House of Representatives

                                                                    s/ Michael F. Easley

                                                                         Governor

Approved 11:15 a.m. this 26^th day of August, 2005