H.P. 643 - L.D. 893
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 4 MRSA §954-A, as corrected by RR 1997, c. 2, §6, is amended to read:
§954-A. Conflict of interest if notary related
A notary public may not perform any notarial act for any person if that person is the notary public's spouse, parent, sibling, child, spouse's parent, spouse's sibling, spouse's child or child's spouse, except that a notary public may solemnize the marriage of the notary public's parent, sibling, child or, spouse's parent if the ceremony is witnessed and the marriage certificate signed by another notary public unrelated by marriage or blood to the parties, spouse's sibling or spouse's child. This section does not affect or apply to notarial acts performed before August 4, 1988.
Sec. 2. 4 MRSA §959, as enacted by PL 1991, c. 465, §5, is repealed.
Sec. 3. Application. Notarial acts performed by a notary public for that notary public's spouse's child or spouse's sibling are not a conflict of interest if performed before the effective date of this Act.
Effective September 18, 1999, unless otherwise indicated.
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