1 Texas Administrative Code § 87.53 – Failure to Provide Public Information Failure of a notary public to promptly and adequately respond to a request for public information in accordance with § RSA 87.52 of this title (relating to Public Information) may be good cause for suspension or revocation of a notary commission or other…

1 Texas Administrative Code § 87.52 – Public Information (a) Subject to subsection (b) of this section, records regarding notarial acts performed are public information. On payment of all fees, the notary public shall promptly provide a certified copy of any entries in the notary public’s records to any person requesting the copy. The notary…

1 Texas Administrative Code § 87.51 – Form of Record Book (a) Notary records, other than records of online notarizations, may be maintained either in a book or electronically in a computer or other storage device so long as the records are adequately backed-up and are capable of being printed in a tangible medium when…

1 Texas Administrative Code § 87.50 – Prohibition Against Entering Personal Information in a Notary Record Book (a) A notary public (other than a court clerk notarizing instruments for the court) shall not record in the notary’s record book: (1) an identification number that was assigned by a governmental agency or by the United States…

1 Texas Administrative Code § 87.44 – Notary Seal (a) The name on the notary public seal must match the name, as stated on the application, under which the notary public is commissioned and performs all notarial acts. (b) For all applicants commissioned or recommissioned on or after January 1, 2016, the notary public seal…

1 Texas Administrative Code § 87.43 – Reasons to Refuse Online Notarization In addition to those in § RSA 87.42 of this title (relating to Refusal of Requests for Notarial Services) in which a notary public is authorized to refuse a notarization, an online notary shall refuse to perform an online notarization if: (1) The…

1 Texas Administrative Code § 87.42 – Refusal of Requests for Notarial Services (a) A notary public is authorized to refuse to perform a notarial act if:(1) the notary public has reasonable grounds to believe that the principal is acting under coercion or undue influence; (2) the notary public has reasonable grounds to believe that…

1 Texas Administrative Code § 87.41 – Online Notarization Procedures (a) An online notarization may only be performed by a notary who is commissioned as an online notary public. (b) An online notary public shall not perform an online notarization if the online notary public is not physically in Texas at the time of the…

1 Texas Administrative Code § 87.40 – Traditional Notarization Procedures (a) A traditional notary public shall not perform a notarization if the principal does not personally appear before the notary at the time of notarization in accordance with § RSA 87.1 of this title (relating to Definitions). (b) The methods by which a traditional notary…

1 Texas Administrative Code § 87.35 – Time for Action The secretary of state may take disciplinary action for an act or omission which occurred during a prior term of office. The secretary may also require any pending complaints against a notary public that remain at the expiration of the notary public’s prior commission to…