SECTION 252.507. Notification Requirements Upon Transfer or Termination of Notaries Without Bond

(a) Upon transfer of any notary without bond to another state agency, the new agency shall immediately notify the Bonds and Insurance Section of the Office using the SORM-204.

(b) Upon termination of any notary without bond, the terminating agency shall immediately notify the Bonds and Insurance Section of the Office using the SORM-204.

(c) Notaries without bond should voluntarily resign notary commissions immediately before termination of state employment or as soon thereafter as practicable. Immediately before termination, each agency shall notify all notaries without bond of the Office's recommendation. The stamp shall remain with the agency upon termination of state employment as state property. The original of the notary record book shall remain with the employee unless the employee resigns the commission, in which case the employee shall comply with Government Code §406.022.

Source Note: The provisions of this §252.507 adopted to be effective December 22, 2002, 27 TexReg 11780