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N-3 - Notaries Act
Section 71
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71. Notarial records may, subject to the conditions determined by regulation of the board of directors and with its authorization, be assigned, in whole or in part, to any notary. Notarial records may also, according to the terms provided for by regulation of the board of directors, be surrendered, in whole or in part, to the Order.
This section is not in force regarding the possibility of surrendering notarial records or the obligation to do so. See 2023, c. 23, s. 76 (2).
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71. As soon as a notary who keeps individual notarial records is removed from the roll, the notary shall, subject to the conditions determined by regulation of the board of directors, assign the notarial records or surrender them to the Superior Court.
Joint or shared notarial records must, subject to the conditions determined by regulation of the board of directors, be assigned or surrendered if all the notaries who deposit their notarial acts in the records have been removed from the roll or if the general partnership is dissolved. The person in charge of liquidating the partnership is responsible for effecting the assignment or surrender.
Except in circumstances described in the second paragraph, the board of directors or, in urgent cases, the president may prohibit access by a notary who has been removed from the roll to joint or shared notarial records, and enjoin the other notaries using the notarial records concerned to take every necessary measure to prevent the notary from having access to the notarial records.
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71. As soon as a notary who keeps individual notarial records is removed from the roll, the notary shall, subject to the conditions determined by regulation of the board of directors, assign the notarial records or surrender them to the Superior Court.
Joint or shared notarial records must, subject to the conditions determined by regulation of the board of directors, be assigned or surrendered if all the notaries who deposit their notarial acts in the records have been removed from the roll or if the general partnership is dissolved. The person in charge of liquidating the partnership is responsible for effecting the assignment or surrender.
Except in circumstances described in the second paragraph, the executive committee or, in urgent cases, the president may prohibit access by a notary who has been removed from the roll to joint or shared notarial records, and enjoin the other notaries using the notarial records concerned to take every necessary measure to prevent the notary from having access to the notarial records.
