1-5-609. Certificate of notarial acts. (1) A notarial act must be evidenced by a certificate signed and dated by a notarial officer. The certificate must include identification of the jurisdiction in which the notarial act is performed, the date on which the notarial act is performed, the type of notarial act being performed, and the title of the office of the notarial officer and must include the official seal of office. If the officer is a Montana notary public, the certificate must also indicate the place of the notarial officer's residence and the date of expiration of the commission of office, but omission of that place or date may subsequently be corrected. If the officer is a commissioned officer on active duty in the military service of the United States, it must also include the officer's rank.
     (2) A certificate of a notarial act is sufficient if it meets the requirements of subsection (1) and it:
     (a) is in the short form set forth in 1-5-610;
     (b) is in a form otherwise prescribed by the law of this state;
     (c) is in a form prescribed by the laws or regulations applicable in the place in which the notarial act was performed; or
     (d) sets forth the actions of the notarial officer and those are sufficient to meet the requirements of the designated notarial act.
     (3) By executing a certificate of a notarial act, the notarial officer certifies that the officer has made the determinations required by 1-5-603.

     History: En. Sec. 9, Ch. 192, L. 1993; amd. Sec. 11, Ch. 161, L. 2001.