2002 Minnesota Statutes

     358.47 Certificate of notarial acts. 

    (a) 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 and the title of the office of the notarial 
 officer and may include the official stamp or seal of office.  
 If the officer is a notary public, the certificate must also 
 indicate the date of expiration, if any, of the commission of 
 office, but omission of that information 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.  

    (b) A certificate of a notarial act is sufficient if it 
 meets the requirements of subsection (a) and it:  

    (1) is in the short form set forth in section 358.48; 

    (2) is in a form otherwise prescribed by the law of this 
 state; 

    (3) is in a form prescribed by the laws or regulations 
 applicable in the place in which the notarial act was performed; 
 or 

    (4) sets forth the actions of the notarial officer and 
 those are sufficient to meet the requirements of the designated 
 notarial act.  

    (c) By executing a certificate of a notarial act, the 
 notarial officer certifies that the officer has made the 
 determinations required by section 358.42.  

    HIST: 1985 c 268 s 8