ORS 194.370
Investigation of applicant

  • consent

(1)

For purposes described in subsection (2) of this section, upon consent of the applicant for a commission as a notary public and upon request of the Secretary of State, the Department of State Police shall furnish to the secretary any information regarding the applicant that the department may have in its possession and any information to which the department may have access, including but not limited to the Law Enforcement Data System established in ORS 181A.280 (Law Enforcement Data System established).

(2)

The department shall provide the information described in subsection (1) of this section to assist in:

(a)

Verifying the identity of an applicant for a commission as a notary public; or

(b)

Determining whether the applicant has been convicted of a felony or of a lesser offense incompatible with the duties of a notary public.

(3)

For purposes of receiving the information described in this section, the Secretary of State is a criminal justice agency under ORS 181A.010 (Definitions for ORS 181A.010 to 181A.350) to 181A.350 (Eligibility of towing business to be placed on department list) and the rules adopted under ORS 181A.230 (Establishment of procedures for access to criminal record information).

(4)

An individual applying for a commission as a notary public is considered, upon signing the application filed under ORS 194.315 (Commission as notary public), to have given the consent necessary for purposes of subsection (1) of this section. [2013 c.219 §30 (enacted in lieu of 194.024)]

Source: Section 194.370 — Investigation of applicant; consent, https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors194.­html.

194.205
Short title
194.215
Definitions
194.225
Authority to perform notarial act
194.230
Requirements for certain notarial acts
194.235
Personal appearance required
194.240
Identification of individual
194.245
Authority to refuse to perform notarial act
194.250
Signature if individual unable to sign
194.255
Notarial act in this state
194.260
Notarial act in another state
194.265
Notarial act under authority of federally recognized Indian tribe
194.270
Notarial act under federal authority
194.275
Foreign notarial act
194.277
Notarial act performed for remotely located individual
194.280
Certificate of notarial act
194.285
Short form certificates
194.290
Official stamp
194.295
Stamping device
194.300
Journal
194.305
Notification regarding performance of notarial act with respect to electronic records
194.315
Commission as notary public
194.325
Examination of notary public
194.340
Grounds to deny, revoke, suspend or condition commission of notary public
194.345
Database of notaries public
194.350
Prohibited acts
194.355
Validity of notarial acts
194.360
Rules
194.365
Application fee
194.370
Investigation of applicant
194.375
Protest of commercial paper
194.380
Record of protest
194.385
Powers of notary public connected with corporation
194.390
Disposition of records on vacancy in office
194.395
Recovery and disposition of fines
194.400
Fees for notarial acts
194.405
Action for damages or injunction
194.415
Attorney General to investigate or prosecute violation
194.425
Disposition of moneys
194.435
Uniformity of application and construction
194.440
Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act
194.800
Short title
194.805
Definitions
194.810
Applicability
194.815
Validity of unsworn declaration
194.820
Required medium
194.825
Form of unsworn declaration
194.830
Uniformity of application and construction
194.835
Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act
194.980
Civil penalties
194.985
Official Warning to Cease Violation
194.990
Criminal penalties
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