§ 6. Authority of notary

Cite as: 49 CNCA § 6

Notaries public shall have authority within the Cherokee Nation to make the proof and acknowledgment of deeds and other instruments of writing required to be proved or acknowledged; to administer oaths; to demand acceptance or payment of foreign or inland bills of exchange and promissory notes, and protest the same for non-acceptance of nonpayment, as the same may require, and to exercise such other powers and duties as by law of nations and commercial usage may be performed by notaries public. A notary may not notarize his or her own signature.

Historical Data

Amended LA 04–13, eff. February 15, 2013.