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Historical Rule for the Texas Administrative Code

TITLE 1ADMINISTRATION
PART 4OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE
CHAPTER 87NOTARY PUBLIC
SUBCHAPTER ENOTARY RECORDS
RULE §87.40Prohibition Against Recording Personal Information
Repealed Date:08/19/2018

(a) A notary public (other than a court clerk notarizing instruments for the court) shall not record in the notary's record book:

  (1) an identification number that was assigned by a governmental agency or by the United States to the signer, grantor or maker and that is set forth on the identification card or passport presented as identification; or

  (2) any other number that could be used to identify the signer, grantor or maker of the document.

(b) This section does not prohibit a notary from recording a number related to the residence of the signer, grantor or maker of the document or the instrument.


Source Note: The provisions of this §87.40 adopted to be effective January 1, 2010, 34 TexReg 9395

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