OAR 160-100-0130: Use of an Embosser

(1) A notary public may use an embosser in the performance of a notarial act but only in addition to the notary public's official stamp. (2) A notary public shall not place the embossment over any signature in a record to be notarized, or in a notarial certificate or over any writing in a notarial certificate. (3) When a notarial certificate is on a separate piece of paper attached to the record to be notarized or when there are attachments to the record to be notarized, such as pictures, a notary public may use an embossment to mark for identification the record or attachment, if the embossment does not make any part of the record or attachment illegible. (4) A notary public shall not use any other notary public’s embosser or any other object in lieu of the notary public’s official stamp to perform a notarial act.