HF 155

3rd Engrossment - 88th Legislature (2013 - 2014) Posted on 05/16/2014 06:13pm

A bill for an act
relating to notaries public; increasing maximum fees permitted to be charged by
notaries public; amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 357.17.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 357.17, is amended to read:

357.17 NOTARIES PUBLIC.

The maximum fees to be charged and collected by a notary public shall be as follows:

(1) for protest of nonpayment of note or bill of exchange or of nonacceptance of
such bill; where protest is legally necessary, and copy thereof, $1 $5;

(2) for every other protest and copy, $1 $5;

(3) for making and serving every notice of nonpayment of note or nonacceptance
of bill and copy thereof, $1 $5;

(4) for any affidavit or paper for which provision is not made herein, $1 $5 per
folio, and 20 cents $1 per folio for copies;

(5) for each oath administered, $1 $5;

(6) for acknowledgments of deeds and for other services authorized by law, the legal
fees allowed other officers for like services;

(7) for recording each instrument required by law to be recorded by the notary,
$1 $5 per folio.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective August 1, 2014, and applies to notary
services provided on or after that date.