Risk Management

TSU Office of Institutional Compliance

RISK MANAGEMENT

NOTARY WITHOUT BOND PROGRAM

Objectives / Goals:

Track all University’s notaries without bond and ensure that notary services are available for business related items.

Value Added Service to the University:

Notary services ensure that a notary is always available to the TSU family for documents requiring attestation. Notary service is a necessary function of any organization.

Notary Appointment User Guide

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NOTARY SERVICE

Objectives / Goals:

The Compliance Office will provide notary service for those offices that do not have a notary on staff.

Hours of Operation:

Monday & Wednesday: 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

Services Provided

· Taking acknowledgments

· Administering oaths or affirmations

Statutory Authority:

Government Code: Sec.§406.016.

AUTHORITY:

(a) A notary public has the same authority as the county clerk to:

· take acknowledgments or proofs of written instruments;

· protest instruments permitted by law to be protested;

· administer oaths;

· take depositions; and

· certify copies of documents not recordable in the public records.

(b) A notary public shall sign an instrument in Subsection (a) in the name under which the notary public is commissioned.

(d) A notary public not licensed to practice law in this state may not give legal advice or accept fees for legal advice.