[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4764 Introduced in House (IH)]

  2d Session
                                H. R. 4764

  To require any Federal or State court to recognize any notarization 
made by a notary public licensed by a State other than the State where 
   the court is located when such notarization occurs in or affects 
                          interstate commerce.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 9, 1998

 Mr. Aderholt introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
  To require any Federal or State court to recognize any notarization 
made by a notary public licensed by a State other than the State where 
   the court is located when such notarization occurs in or affects 
                          interstate commerce.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. RECOGNITION OF NOTARIZATIONS IN FEDERAL COURTS.

    Each Federal court shall recognize any notarization made by a 
notary public licensed under the laws of a State other than the State 
where the Federal court is located when such notarization occurs in or 
affects interstate commerce.

SEC. 2. RECOGNITION OF NOTARIZATIONS IN STATE COURTS.

    Each court that operates under the jurisdiction of a State shall 
recognize any notarization made by a notary public licensed under the 
laws of a State other than the State where the court is located when 
such notarization occurs in or affects interstate commerce.
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