OAR 160-100-0301: Disposition of Notarial Records Upon Suspension of Commission

(1) A notary public whose commission was suspended shall arrange for the storage of his/her notarial records, except records of protests of commercial paper (see OAR 160-100-0350), in any form and at any location. The records or any reproduction of the records must be readable and the notary public must be able to obtain possession of such records within 15 days of receipt of a request for such records. (2) A notary public shall store such records for a period of ten years after the date of the last act chronicled in the journal. After the ten-year period, the notary public may destroy such records.