Oregon Secretary of State, Corporation Division (Notary Public Program) commissions notaries public in Oregon. Every figure below is verified against the commissioning authority’s own official pages and dated.

What it’s called

Statutory noun: ’notary public’, holding a COMMISSION issued by the Secretary of State (ORS 194.315). The folk terms ’notary license’ and ’notary certification’ name nothing Oregon issues; note that Oregon’s own Business Xpress ‘License Directory’ is a general business-licence finder and not the notary lookup. Oregon’s distinctive vocabulary: the seal is the OFFICIAL STAMP and the physical object is the STAMPING DEVICE (ORS 194.290, 194.295); electronic notarization done face to face is IPEN (in-person electronic notarization); remote work is RON, and the two are separately noticed. ‘Reapplication’ is Oregon’s word for what other states call renewal. ‘Notary signing agent’ and ’loan signing agent’ are private vendor credentials, not Oregon credentials – neither phrase appears in ORS Chapter 194 (searched 2026-08-12). NOTARIO PUBLICO IS PROHIBITED BY NAME: ‘A notary public, other than an attorney licensed to practice law, may not use the term “notario” or “notario publico”’ (ORS 194.350(3)); the same section bars a notary from acting as an immigration consultant as defined in ORS 9.280 or representing anyone in immigration proceedings, and requires a non-attorney notary who advertises notarial services to include, in each language used, a statement beginning ‘I am not an attorney licensed to practice law. I am not allowed to draft legal records, give advice on legal matters, including immigration…’ (194.350(4)).

Types of notary commission

  • Notary public commission (traditional / paper) — An individual 18 or older who is a resident of Oregon OR has a place of employment or practice in Oregon, and who completes the Notary Basics course and passes the Secretary of State’s examination. ORS 194.315(4): ‘Upon the applicant’s compliance with this section, the Secretary of State shall issue a commission as a notary public to the applicant for a term of four years.’ The statute is emphatic that this is not a public office in the ordinary sense: ‘The commission does not provide the notary public any immunity or benefit conferred by law of this state on public officials’; ‘The functions of a notary public are not considered official duties under Article III, section 1, of the Oregon Constitution’; and ‘A commission as a notary public is not considered a commission under Article V, section 18’ (ORS 194.315(5),(7),(8)).
  • In-person electronic notarization (IPEN) — A commissioned Oregon notary who files a notice with the Secretary of State identifying the technology to be used. NOTICE, NOT A LICENCE: ‘Before a notary public performs the notary public’s initial notarial act with respect to an electronic record, a notary public shall notify the Secretary of State that the notary public will be performing notarial acts with respect to electronic records and identify the technology the notary public intends to use’ (ORS 194.305(2)). The Secretary of State describes IPEN as ’notarizing an electronic document while the signer is present before the notary. The same rules for paper notarizations apply for electronic notarization. The signer must be physically present, have the proper identification and the journal entry must be completed.’ The vendor must meet the National Electronic Notarization Standards, and ‘Under OAR 160-100-0140, the notary may rely on a vendor’s declaration that the vendor’s technology meets the NENS.’
  • Remote online notarization (RON) — A commissioned Oregon notary who completes the Secretary of State’s RON training, selects a qualifying vendor and files the Remote Online Notarization notice. SEPARATE from IPEN: ‘RON and IPEN (in-person electronic notarization) are not the same and there are two separate application processes if you want to notarize using both types of notarization’ and ‘Qualifying to perform RON doesn’t automatically qualify you to perform IPEN.’ Statutory hook: ORS 194.277(7) – ‘Before a notary public performs the notary public’s initial notarial act under this section, the notary public shall notify the Secretary of State that the notary public will be performing notarial acts with respect to remotely located individuals and identify the technologies the notary public intends to use.’ The notice must be renewed with the commission: ‘When you renew your commission, you will need to complete a new notice to continue to perform RON.’

Who can be commissioned

ORS 194.315(2), reproduced almost verbatim on the Secretary of State’s Qualifications page, requires the applicant to: be at least 18 years of age; be a resident of Oregon OR have a place of employment or practice in Oregon; be able to read and write English; not have been convicted of a felony or any crime involving fraud, dishonesty or deceit during the 10-year period preceding the application; not have been convicted of acting as or impersonating a notary public (ORS 194.990), obstructing governmental or judicial administration (ORS 162.235(1)(b)) or the unlawful practice of law (ORS 9.160); not have been found by a court to have practiced law without a licence (ORS 9.166) or to have engaged in the unlawful trade practice at ORS 646.608(1) covering notary misconduct; not have entered an assurance of voluntary compliance under ORS 646.632 based on that trade practice; not have had a notary commission revoked during the 10-year period preceding the application; not be disqualified under ORS 194.340; have completed the course of study in ORS 194.325; and have passed its examination. The agency adds the freshness rule the statute leaves to rule: ‘Completed a notary training course within the last 6 months.’ NAME: ‘The law requires that your commission name be your full legal name, including middle name(s) spelled out with no initials or titles included, as proven by satisfactory evidence per ORS 194.240(2)’ – and a current notary whose old commission name is not the full legal name must switch. NO CITIZENSHIP OR IMMIGRATION-STATUS QUALIFICATION appears in ORS 194.315, on the Qualifications page, in the Notary Administration FAQs or in the 2024 Notary Public Guide – all four tiers searched 2026-08-12.

Requirements

  1. Complete the mandatory Notary Basics course. ‘Every applicant must take the Notary Basics course before applying for a commission, whether they are a current notary or not; this is required by law’ and ‘All Secretary of State notary trainings are free’ (SOS Notary Administration FAQs). The course may be taken self-paced online, by instructor-led webinar or in person through the Secretary of State’s Workday Learning system, or from an approved provider – ‘The Secretary of State training is the only free training; be careful to check cost when considering approved providers.’ 2) Pass the Secretary of State’s notary examination – ‘An applicant for a commission as a notary public must pass an examination administered by the Secretary of State or an entity approved by the secretary’ (ORS 194.325(1)); applicants who train with an approved provider ‘will be directed back to us to take the mandatory notary test.’ 3) Apply online (or on a paper form), supplying the education training number issued on completing the course and the exam certificate ID. A background check runs on every application: ‘A background check is conducted on all applications for a notary public commission’ (SOS Qualifications page); ORS 194.370 makes the Department of State Police the source and treats the signed application as consent. 4) Execute and return the oath of office – ‘Before the Secretary of State may issue a commission as a notary public, the applicant shall execute an oath of office and submit it to the secretary’ (ORS 194.315(3)). ‘Once your application is approved, you will receive an oath of office by email…. The oath of office must be notarized by a commissioned notary. The signature on your oath of office must match the signature on your identification.’ 5) Pay the $40 processing fee, which must travel with the oath: ‘The processing fee is $40 for each application. Payment must be sent with the oath of office. It can’t be sent separately’ – by check, money order, credit-card fax cover sheet, or cash in person, because ‘The Secretary of State is unable to accept online payment for security reasons.’ 6) After the commission authorization certificates arrive, buy a stamping device and a journal, then begin notarizing. Neither RON nor IPEN may be performed until the separate notice is filed and approved.

Training

Oregon requires a training course.

A Notary Basics course is mandatory for EVERY applicant, including sitting notaries applying for a new commission, and since January 1, 2025 it must be repeated every commission cycle. The Secretary of State: ‘Every applicant must take the Notary Basics course before applying for a commission, whether they are a current notary or not; this is required by law. In addition to ensuring notaries are qualified, taking the Basic training every four years keeps notaries up to date on current issues of concern and changes in statute, rule, and best practices.’ The 2024 Notary Public Guide dates the change and forecloses a shortcut: ‘When it’s time to renew my commission, can I take the refresher course rather than the basics course? No. As of January 1, 2025, statute requires that notaries take the basic training every four years, before you can obtain a new commission.’ Statutory basis: ORS 194.325(2) requires completion of ‘a course of study offered by the Secretary of State or an entity approved by the secretary’ covering ’the laws, rules, procedures and ethics relevant to notarial acts’, a section last amended by 2024 c.27 s.1. FRESHNESS: the training must have been ‘Completed … within the last 6 months’ at the time of application (SOS Qualifications page). COST: ‘All notary trainings offered through the Secretary of State are free’, in self-paced online, instructor-led webinar and in-person formats; approved private providers may charge. FORMATS AND SEPARATE COURSES: a Notary Advanced webinar and an Apostilles and Authentications webinar are offered but are not commission prerequisites; the RON course is separate and required only for remote notarization – ‘This is required training before applying to perform remote online notarization. It does not in any way replace or substitute for basic notary training.’

Exam

Oregon requires an exam.

A state examination is required of every applicant: ‘An applicant for a commission as a notary public must pass an examination administered by the Secretary of State or an entity approved by the secretary. The examination must be based on the course of study described in subsection (3) of this section’ (ORS 194.325(1)). The course must be completed BEFORE the exam (ORS 194.325(2)), and the exam is taken through the Secretary of State even when the training came from an approved provider: ‘If you take the training from an approved provider rather than the Secretary of State’s office, you will be directed back to us to take the mandatory notary test.’ Applicants supply an education training number and an exam certificate ID when applying. The 2024 Notary Public Guide states the exam’s scope: ‘These are found in Oregon Revised Statutes Chapter 194 and Oregon Administrative Rules Chapter 160-100. The application examination is based on those laws and rules.’ PASSING SCORE AND EXAM FEE: neither is published in ORS 194.325, on the Secretary of State’s Notary Training page, on the Commission Application page or in the Notary Administration FAQs – all four tiers searched 2026-08-12. The only state fee named anywhere is the $40 application processing fee.

Bond & insurance

Oregon requires NEITHER a surety bond NOR errors-and-omissions insurance, and the Secretary of State says so in terms twice. Notary Practice FAQs: ‘Am I required to have errors and omissions insurance or to take out a bond to become a notary? Bonds or E&O insurance are not currently required in Oregon. However, it is a good idea to at least consider insurance.’ The 2024 Notary Public Guide: ‘Oregon does not require its notaries public to be bonded or to have liability insurance. This is left to the discretion of the notary public’, and it draws the distinction this cluster most often gets wrong – ‘A handy way to think about the difference between these two types of coverage is that errors and omissions insurance protects you, while a bond protects the public. Consider taking out a Bond[:] Oregon does not require notaries to post a bond. If you have filed a bond and are required to pay damages, the bondsman pays for the damages.’ Sourced negative on the statutory tier as well: the word ‘bond’ does not appear anywhere in ORS Chapter 194 as published by the Oregon Legislature (full chapter text retrieved 2026-08-12; zero occurrences of ‘bond’ and zero of ‘insurance’). Tiers searched: statute (ORS Ch. 194), the agency handbook, the Qualifications page and both agency FAQs.

Fees

STATE FEE: $40, once, per application. ‘The processing fee is $40 for each application. Payment must be sent with the oath of office. It can’t be sent separately’ (SOS Commission Application/Reapplication page). The statute caps it: ’each applicant for a commission as a notary public shall pay in advance to the secretary a nonrefundable application fee not to exceed $40’ (ORS 194.365(1)), deposited to the Corporation Division’s operating account ‘in lieu of any fee charged under ORS 177.130’ (194.365(2)). Because a renewal is legally a new application, the same $40 applies each four-year cycle. PAYMENT METHODS: ‘The Secretary of State is unable to accept online payment for security reasons. You can provide payment by check, money order, or credit card, using the postal service, overnight post through UPS or Fed-Ex, or fax using this cover sheet…. If you wish to pay cash, you must bring the oath and payment in person to our office.’ NO CHARGE FOR: the Secretary of State’s Notary Basics, Advanced, Apostilles and RON training – ‘All notary trainings offered through the Secretary of State are free’ – and no fee is published for filing the IPEN or RON notice. NOT STATE-SET: the stamping device and journal, which the notary buys from any vendor (‘The Secretary of State’s office does not sell or provide stamps and journals, nor is it appropriate for us to recommend specific businesses’), and any charge by a private approved training provider (‘The Secretary of State training is the only free training; be careful to check cost when considering approved providers’). NOT PUBLISHED: an examination fee – none appears in ORS 194.325 or 194.365, on the Notary Training page, on the Commission Application page or in the Notary Administration FAQs (all four tiers searched 2026-08-12).

How long the commission lasts, and renewing it

  1. ‘Upon the applicant’s compliance with this section, the Secretary of State shall issue a commission as a notary public to the applicant for a term of four years’ (ORS 194.315(4)); the 2024 Notary Public Guide agrees – ‘The term of office for Oregon Notaries Public is 4 years.’ The term runs from issuance of the commission, which the Secretary of State may not issue until the executed oath of office is received (ORS 194.315(3)); the fee must arrive with the oath. Each cycle produces a fresh identity, not a renewed one: ‘Each notarial commission is unique, and a new notarial commission number and expiration date are issued once your application is accepted.’ Oregon does not renew commissions – it reappoints. ‘A notary public commission is not automatically renewed, and we do not send out a renewal notice. Notaries are responsible for tracking and reapplying for a new commission on their own’ (2024 Notary Public Guide). The window is 30 days: ‘You can submit a new application 30 days before the expiration of your current commission’, and ‘As of January 1, 2025, to obtain a new commission, the notary must take the basic notary training, take the test, and submit their application online or send in a paper application, not more than 30 days before the commission expires.’ A reapplication therefore repeats the whole intake – Basics training (no refresher substitute), the examination, the background check, a notarized oath of office and the $40 fee – and issues a NEW commission number and expiration date. Practical consequences the state flags: ‘The process to reapply may take up to 10 days or more’; the expiring stamp may not be used in the meantime (‘My current commission has expired and I have reapplied. May I use my old stamp until my new stamp is made? No. The stamp with the expired date should be destroyed as soon as possible. [ORS 194.295(2)]’); and a RON notary ‘will need to complete a new notice to continue to perform RON.’ Oregon imposes no hour-counted continuing education during a commission term – but it achieves the same end by requiring the full Notary Basics course again at every reappointment. ‘As of January 1, 2025, statute requires that notaries take the basic training every four years, before you can obtain a new commission. This enables us to make sure that all notaries receive the most current information about statute and rule changes’ (2024 Notary Public Guide), and ’taking the Basic training every four years keeps notaries up to date on current issues of concern and changes in statute, rule, and best practices’ (Notary Administration FAQs). The Secretary of State also offers a Notary Advanced instructor-led webinar and an Apostilles and Authentications webinar; neither is presented as a requirement. No mid-term continuing-education obligation appears in ORS Chapter 194, on the Notary Training page, on the Qualifications page or in either agency FAQ – all four tiers searched 2026-08-12.

Your seal or stamp

Oregon calls it an OFFICIAL STAMP and prescribes its layout exactly. Statute: ‘The official stamp of a notary public must: (a) Include the notary public’s name, jurisdiction, commission expiration date and other information required by the Secretary of State by rule; and (b) Be a legible imprint capable of being copied together with the record to which it is affixed…. The official stamp of a notary public is an official notarial seal for all purposes under the laws of this state’ (ORS 194.290). The Secretary of State’s Official Notary Stamp Imprint Guidelines set the required contents: ‘The state seal, as described in ORS 186.020; The following words, in descending order, centered in the official stamp to the right of the state seal and in uppercase: The words “OFFICIAL STAMP”; The printed name of the notary public; The words “NOTARY PUBLIC-OREGON”; The words “COMMISSION NO.” immediately followed by the notary public’s commission number; The words “MY COMMISSION EXPIRES” immediately followed by the notary public’s commission expiration date, expressed in terms of the month (spelled out), two digit day, and four digit year.’ SECURITY AND DISPOSAL: ‘A notary public is responsible for the security of the notary public’s stamping device and may not allow another individual to use the device’; ‘On resignation from, or the revocation or expiration of, the notary public’s commission, or on the expiration date set forth in the notary public’s official stamp, the notary public shall disable the notary public’s stamping device by destroying, defacing, damaging, erasing or securing the device against use’; on death or incompetency the personal representative, guardian, conservator, trustee ‘or any other person knowingly in possession’ must render it unusable; and a lost or stolen device must be reported promptly to the Secretary of State (ORS 194.295). An employer may not keep it: ‘You must always keep your stamp as that has your commission information and you are required by law to keep it secure so that it cannot be used to commit fraud’ (Notary Practice FAQs). The Secretary of State does not sell stamps.

Keeping a journal

Oregon requires a notary journal.

A journal is required for essentially every notarial act – one of the strictest journal duties in the country. ‘Except as provided in subsection (11) of this section, a notary public shall maintain one or more journals in which the notary public chronicles all notarial acts that the notary public performs. The notary public shall retain the journal for 10 years after the performance of the last notarial act chronicled in the journal’ (ORS 194.300(1)). FORMAT: paper or electronic – ‘If the journal is maintained on a tangible medium, it must be a permanent, bound register with numbered pages. If the journal is maintained in an electronic format, it must be in a permanent, tamper-evident electronic format complying with the rules of the Secretary of State’ (194.300(2)). CONTENTS, contemporaneously recorded (194.300(3)): the date and time of the act; a description of the record, if any, and type of notarial act; the full name and contact address of each individual for whom the act is performed; a statement if identity rested on personal knowledge; if on satisfactory evidence, ‘a brief description of the method of identification and the identification credential presented, if any, including the date of expiration’; the signature of each individual; and the fee, if any, charged. The Guide adds the privacy rule: ‘Do not record personal numbers such as a driver license, or SSN or passport numbers in your journal.’ THE SIX OPTIONAL ACTS (194.300(11)): a notary ‘may, but is not required to’ journal a protest of commercial paper under ORS 194.380, administering an oath or affirmation, certifying or attesting a copy, taking an affidavit, verifying a billing statement for media advertising, and taking a verification upon oath or affirmation. BATCHING is allowed for duplicate originals and same-day multiple documents (194.300(4)). LOSS: report promptly to the Secretary of State (194.300(5)). DISPOSITION: retained by the notary on expiration, resignation or suspension; transmitted to the Secretary of State within 30 days on REVOCATION; transmitted by the personal representative, guardian, conservator or trustee on death or adjudication of incompetency (194.300(6)-(8)). PUBLIC RECORDS: a journal held by a private notary is exempt from disclosure; one held by the Secretary of State or by a public-official notary is not automatically exempt (194.300(9)). EMPLOYER: ‘A notary public who is an employee may enter into an agreement with the employer under which the journal or journals of the notary public are retained by the employer upon termination of employment’ (194.300(10)) – and the agency advises copying the pages first.

Online (remote) notarization

Oregon authorizes remote online notarization, and it requires a registration separate from your commission.

Authorized by ORS 194.277 (‘Notarial act performed for remotely located individual; rules’), the section built from the 2020 first special session (House Bill 4212) and carried forward – the 2024 Notary Public Guide points readers to ‘House Bill 4212 - Oregon Legislative Assembly[,] RON information - 2020 Special Session.’ NOTICE REQUIRED BEFORE THE FIRST ACT: ‘Before a notary public performs the notary public’s initial notarial act under this section, the notary public shall notify the Secretary of State that the notary public will be performing notarial acts with respect to remotely located individuals and identify the technologies the notary public intends to use’ (ORS 194.277(7)). The agency’s sequence: complete the Secretary of State’s RON training, choose at least one qualifying vendor (‘The vendor must meet system requirements set forth in OAR 160-100-0805 and OAR 160-100-0855’), then ‘Complete the Remote Notarization Notice form. Email the completed form and a copy of your electronic stamp and signature generated by the vendor to [email protected] …. An acknowledgment will be sent either approving or rejecting the request. Once the request is approved, you may begin remote notarizations.’ LOCATION: ‘A notary public located in this state may perform a notarial act using communication technology for a remotely located individual’ (194.277(3)); the agency puts it plainly – ‘The Notary must still be located in Oregon like traditional notarizations, but the signer can be located outside Oregon.’ IDENTIFICATION: personal knowledge, a credible witness appearing remotely or in person, or ‘at least two different types of identity proofing’ (194.277(3)(a)). SIGNER OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES: allowed only where the record is to be filed with or relates to a matter before a U.S. public official, court or entity, or involves U.S. property or a transaction substantially connected with the U.S., and the act is not prohibited where the signer is (194.277(3)(d)). RECORDING: the notary or someone acting for the notary must create an audiovisual recording of the act, and ’the recording must be maintained for a period of at least 10 years after the recording is made’ unless a rule sets a different period (194.277(3)(c),(6)). CERTIFICATE: it ‘must indicate that the notarial act was performed using communication technology’, a form such as ‘This notarial act involved the use of communication technology’ being sufficient (194.277(4),(5)). RENEWAL: a new notice each commission cycle. Oregon also recognises inbound remote acts: ‘RON also allows notaries from other states to perform Remote Online Notarizations for Oregonians.’

What you may charge

ORS 194.400(1): ‘The fee that a notary public may charge for performing a notarial act may not exceed $10 per notarial act, except that a notary public may charge a fee not to exceed $25 per notarial act for a notarial act performed under ORS 194.277’ – that is, $10 for ordinary and in-person electronic acts, $25 for a remote online act. TRAVEL FEE: permitted only on disclosure and prior agreement – ‘A notary public may charge an additional fee for traveling to perform a notarial act if: (a) The notary public explains to the person requesting the notarial act that the fee is in addition to a fee specified in subsection (1) of this section and is in an amount not determined by law; and (b) The person requesting the notarial act agrees in advance upon the amount’ (194.400(2)); the Guide adds ‘The travel fee amount must be agreed upon prior to meeting with the customer’ and that it must appear on the posted schedule. POSTED SCHEDULE MANDATORY IF CHARGING: ‘If a notary public charges fees under this section for performing notarial acts, the notary public shall display, in English, a list of the fees the notary public will charge’ (194.400(3)); the Guide: ‘A schedule of fees must be prominently displayed or handed to customers prior to notarization; they have the right of refusal if they do not wish to pay.’ EMPLOYER AND PUBLIC-BODY COLLECTION: an employed notary may agree that fees accrue to the employer, and a public body may collect fees for acts performed in the course of employment (194.400(4),(5)). WAIVER: ‘Each notary public may file with the Secretary of State a statement waiving the fees specified under ORS 194.400. If a notary public files the statement waiving the fees, the office of that notary public is not considered a lucrative office’ (194.315(6)) – the Guide recommends this for public officials to avoid the Oregon Constitution’s bar on holding ‘more than one lucrative office’, and notes the waiver also exempts them from posting a schedule. SOURCE DISCREPANCY WORTH NOTING: the 2024 Notary Public Guide’s ‘Notary Fee Limit’ section states only ‘A notary may charge up to $10 per notarial act’ and does not mention the $25 remote-act figure that ORS 194.400(1) contains; the statute is the controlling and more recent text.

Who does NOT need a commission — exemptions

WHO MAY PERFORM A NOTARIAL ACT IN OREGON WITHOUT A NOTARY COMMISSION – ORS 194.255(1): ‘A notarial act may be performed in this state by: (a) A notary public; (b) A judge of this state or a clerk of a court of this state; (c) A county clerk or county employee with recording responsibilities designated by the county; or (d) Any other individual authorized by the law of this state to perform the notarial act.’ Their ‘signature and title … conclusively establish the authority of the officer to perform the notarial act’ (194.255(4)). OUT-OF-STATE, TRIBAL, FEDERAL AND FOREIGN ACTS are recognised with the same effect as an Oregon act when performed by a notary public, judge or court clerk of that state (ORS 194.260), under the authority of a federally recognized Indian tribe (194.265), under federal authority (194.270), or by a foreign notarial officer (194.275). ACTS THAT NEED NO NOTARY IN OREGON: wills – ‘In Oregon, wills do not require notarization. Wills do require two witnesses, and notaries are often asked to witness the signatures of the two witnesses’ (Notary Practice FAQs); and the federal Form I-9 – ‘You may perform the identity verification that is required by the form, but as a representative of the employer, not as a notary. The I-9 form does not require notarization, and has no notarial language or certificate.’ An Oregon notary is also forbidden to certify copies of Oregon vital records: ‘It is illegal to make copies, or to certify to copies of Oregon birth or death certificates and marriage or divorce decrees, according to Oregon Revised Statutes Chapter 432.380 (15) and Oregon Administrative Rule 333-011-0335(7)’ (Guide). NOT ESTABLISHED: 10 U.S.C. 1044a (military notarial authority) is not cited in ORS Chapter 194, in the 2024 Notary Public Guide, on the Qualifications page or in either agency FAQ – all four tiers searched 2026-08-12 – so no claim is made about its operation in Oregon beyond the general federal-authority recognition in ORS 194.270.

How to apply

Applications are handled by Oregon Secretary of State, Corporation Division (Notary Public Program). Start at the official application page .

Verify a license in Oregon

Oregon Secretary of State, Corporation Division (published on data.oregon.gov, Oregon’s open data portal) publishes a public license search , searchable by Browsable/filterable dataset columns or SODA API query (https://data.oregon.gov/resource/j2pk-zk6z.json) . It covers The dataset is titled ‘Active Notaries’ and described by the state as a ‘List of current active Notaries’, creator ‘Secretary of State - Corporation Division’, first published 2015-05-27. It is the public face of the statutory database: ‘The Secretary of State shall maintain an electronic database of notaries public: (1) Through which a person may verify the authority of a notary public to perform notarial acts; and (2) That indicates whether a notary public has notified the secretary that the notary public will be performing notarial acts with respect to electronic records’ (ORS 194.345). What it does NOT publish is contact detail: ‘The only contact information online is the public record address you provided when applying for your commission. The Secretary of State is required by law to maintain a directory of active notaries, which the public can access on our website, but we do not provide contact information on request except to law enforcement’ (Notary Administration FAQs). The Secretary of State separately publishes an ‘Oregon Notary Public Directory (RON and IPEN only)’ from its Remote Online Notarization page.

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