Senate Bill 2242

    Florida Senate - 1999                                  SB 2242

    By Senator Grant





    13-1343-99

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to civil-law notaries; amending

  3         s. 118.10, F.S.; requiring such notaries to

  4         provide a bond and take an oath to honestly

  5         carry out their duties; requiring that the bond

  6         be approved by and filed with the Secretary of

  7         State and be executed by a surety company

  8         authorized to do business in this state;

  9         providing an effective date.

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11  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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13         Section 1.  Present subsections (7) and (8) of section

14  118.10, Florida Statutes, 1998 Supplement, are redesignated as

15  subsections (8) and (9), respectively, and a new subsection

16  (7) is added to that section to read:

17         118.10  Civil-law notary.--

18         (7)  A civil-law notary shall, before executing the

19  duties of the office and throughout the term of office, give

20  bond, payable to any individual harmed as a result of a breach

21  of duty by the civil-law notary acting in his or her official

22  capacity, in the amount of $15,000, conditioned on the due

23  discharge of the office, and shall take an oath that he or she

24  will honestly, diligently, and faithfully discharge the duties

25  of the civil-law notary. The bond must be approved by and

26  filed with the Department of State and must be executed by a

27  surety company for hire duly authorized to transact business

28  in this state.

29         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 1999.

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  3    Requires civil-law notaries to provide a bond and take an
      oath to honestly carry out their duties. Requires that
  4    the bond be approved by and filed with the Secretary of
      State and be executed by a surety company authorized to
  5    do business in this state.

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