OAR 160-100-0110: Use of Official Stamp

(1) A notary public shall use the notary public's official stamp to perform a notarial act. (2) A notary public shall use the notary public's official stamp (a) For a tangible record, by placing a legible imprint of the official stamp on a notarial certificate at the time of the performance of the notarial act. (b) For an electronic record, by attaching or logically associating it with the electronic record. (3) A notary public shall not place an imprint of the notary public's official stamp over any signature in a record to be notarized or in a notarial certificate, or over any writing in a notarial certificate. (4) When a notarial certificate is on a separate piece of paper attached to the tangible record to be notarized, or when there are attachments to the tangible record to be notarized, a notary public may use one additional imprint of the notary public's official stamp to mark for identification the tangible record or attachment, if the imprint does not make any part of the record or attachment illegible. The additional stamp will be partially stamped on the notarial certificate, and partially on the record or attachment to the notarized record. (5) A notary public shall not use the notary public's official stamp for any purpose other than to perform a notarial act. (6) A notary public shall not permit any other person to use the notary public's official stamp for any purpose. (7) A notary public shall not use any other notary public's official stamp or any other object in lieu of the notary public's official stamp to perform a notarial act.