Texas Register
TITLE 1 ADMINISTRATION
PART 4OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE
CHAPTER 87NOTARY PUBLIC
SUBCHAPTER ENOTARY RECORDS
RULE §87.40Prohibition Against Recording Personal Information
ISSUE 10/16/2009
ACTION Proposed
Preamble Texas Admin Code Rule
(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.

This agency hereby certifies that the proposal has been reviewed by legal counsel and found to be within the agency's legal authority to adopt.

Filed with the Office of the Secretary of State on October 5, 2009

TRD-200904464

Lorna Wassdorf

Director, Business and Public Filings

Office of the Secretary of State

Earliest possible date of adoption: November 15, 2009

For further information, please call: (512) 463-5562

 

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