NC General Statutes

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 10B-2 (2026)

Purposes

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This Chapter shall be construed and applied to advance its underlying purposes, which are the following:

(1) To promote, serve, and protect the public interests.

(2) To simplify, clarify, and modernize the law governing notaries.

(3) To prevent fraud and forgery.

(4) To foster ethical conduct among notaries.

(5) To enhance interstate recognition of notarial acts.

(6) To integrate procedures for all of the following notarial acts:

a. Traditional paper.

b. Electronic notarization.

c. Remote electronic notarization. (1991, c. 683, s. 2; 1998-228, s. 1; 2005-391, s. 4; 2022-54, s. 2(a); 2023-57, s. 2.)

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 1 case, 2010–2010 · leading case: State v. West, 689 S.E.2d 216 (N.C. Ct. App. 2010).

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State v. West, 689 S.E.2d 216 (N.C. Ct. App. 2010). · cites it 2× “N.C. Gen. Stat. § 10B-2 (2009) provides that, among other things, the purposes of Chapter 10B are “[t]o promote, serve, and protect the public interests”; “[t]o simplify, clarify, and modernize the law governing notaries”; and “[t]o prevent fraud and forgery.”

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