ENROLLED

Senate Bill No. 640

(By Senators Fanning, Weeks, Hunter and Minard)

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[Passed April 8, 2005; in effect ninety days from passage.]

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AN ACT to amend and reenact §29-4-15 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to commissioner seals; and providing for the use of a stamped imprint as an acceptable seal.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That §29-4-15 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 4. NOTARIES PUBLIC AND COMMISSIONERS.

§29-4-15. Seal of such commissioner. Every such commissioner shall provide an official seal on which shall be inscribed his or her name and residence and the words "Commissioner for West Virginia". An impression or stamped imprint of such seal, together with his or her signature, shall be forthwith transmitted to and filed in the office of the Secretary of State.