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Notary Public

Five-year Connecticut notary public appointment under §3-94b, available to eligible residents and persons with a principal place of business in Connecticut.

Licensing authority: Connecticut Secretary of the State, Business Services Division · Application information

Initial appointment by examination
Connecticut Notary Public Examination
Application
Complete the Secretary-prescribed online application and required handwritten materials truthfully and without omission; the examination is part of that application.
Character
The Secretary may deny appointment for a felony or dishonesty/moral-turpitude conviction, restriction or discipline of a notary appointment or professional license, or official misconduct; absence of disciplinary proceedings does not remove the misconduct ground.
Connecticut Connection
Be a Connecticut resident or have a principal place of business in Connecticut at application and appointment; retain one of these connections while commissioned.
Email
Provide a residential address and valid email address; nonresidents must also provide the Connecticut principal-business address.
Fee
Pay the nonrefundable $120 application fee. The licensing page tells active Connecticut state employees applying for use in official duties to attest to their employment and states that the application fee will be waived, subject to audit.
Jurat And Writing Sample
Upload the completed handwritten Jurat and Writing Sample, subscribed and sworn to before an officer authorized to administer oaths; it is an application component, not a separately identified assessment.
Minimum Age
Be eighteen years of age or older at the time of application.
Oath And Recording
Within thirty days after receipt of the certificate, take and record the oath and certificate with the town clerk of the Connecticut residence or, for a nonresident, the Connecticut principal place of business. Agency instructions say to take the oath before performing notarial acts.
Pending Application
The manual says an application left pending by the applicant for more than ninety days fails and the application fee is forfeited.
Recommendation
Provide a Certificate of Character signed by an unrelated public official or reputable business or professional person who has personally known the applicant for at least one year.
Reinstatement after inactive commission
Connecticut Notary Public Examination
Application
Complete the Secretary-prescribed online application and required handwritten materials truthfully and without omission; the examination is part of that application.
Character
The Secretary may deny appointment for a felony or dishonesty/moral-turpitude conviction, restriction or discipline of a notary appointment or professional license, or official misconduct; absence of disciplinary proceedings does not remove the misconduct ground.
Connecticut Connection
Be a Connecticut resident or have a principal place of business in Connecticut at application and appointment; retain one of these connections while commissioned.
Email
Provide a residential address and valid email address; nonresidents must also provide the Connecticut principal-business address.
Fee
Pay the nonrefundable $120 application fee. The licensing page tells active Connecticut state employees applying for use in official duties to attest to their employment and states that the application fee will be waived, subject to audit.
Inactive Commission
The commission has expired for more than ninety days and is inactive; contact bsd@ct.gov for reinstatement rather than using the new-applicant process.
Jurat And Writing Sample
Upload the completed handwritten Jurat and Writing Sample, subscribed and sworn to before an officer authorized to administer oaths; it is an application component, not a separately identified assessment.
Minimum Age
Be eighteen years of age or older at the time of application.
Oath And Recording
Within thirty days after receipt of the certificate, take and record the oath and certificate with the town clerk of the Connecticut residence or, for a nonresident, the Connecticut principal place of business. Agency instructions say to take the oath before performing notarial acts.
Pending Application
The manual says an application left pending by the applicant for more than ninety days fails and the application fee is forfeited.
Recommendation
Provide a Certificate of Character signed by an unrelated public official or reputable business or professional person who has personally known the applicant for at least one year.
Reinstatement Requirements
The manual states that reinstatement mirrors the requirements of a new application and costs $120; the licensing page expressly requires the Jurat and Writing Sample for reinstatement.
Reappointment / renewal
Connecticut Notary Public Examination
Agency Renewal Instructions
The Secretary's Notary Public Manual (Rev. 2023-2), §3.3, describes the renewal steps as: "If the applicant wishes to continue to be a notary, the notary must use the log-in information contained in the renewal correspondence, swear that they have not been convicted of a crime since the last appointment, and pay a fee of sixty dollars ($60.00)." It does not describe a new examination step in those renewal instructions.
Character
The Secretary may deny appointment for a felony or dishonesty/moral-turpitude conviction, restriction or discipline of a notary appointment or professional license, or official misconduct; absence of disciplinary proceedings does not remove the misconduct ground.
Connecticut Connection
Be a Connecticut resident or have a principal place of business in Connecticut at application and appointment; retain one of these connections while commissioned.
Fee
Submit the prescribed reappointment application and nonrefundable $60 fee under §3-94d.
Lapse
The manual says the licensee must stop performing notarial acts after expiration until receiving a new certificate and taking the oath for the new term; a commission in the ninety-day grace period is lapsed.
Minimum Age
Be eighteen years of age or older at the time of application.
Oath And Recording
Within thirty days after receipt of the certificate, take and record the oath and certificate with the town clerk of the Connecticut residence or, for a nonresident, the Connecticut principal place of business. Agency instructions say to take the oath before performing notarial acts.
Prior Commission
Hold or have recently held the Connecticut appointment being renewed.
Renewal Window
The licensing page permits renewal from ninety days before expiration through ninety days after expiration; after that, email the office for reinstatement.
Statutory Examination
Section 3-94d requires the applicant to otherwise comply with all requirements for being appointed and serving as a notary; the written examination in §3-94b(b)(3) is therefore retained under the contract's higher-source rule.

Notary Public

Restricted notary public appointment under §3-94e for state police majors, captains, lieutenants and sergeants; authority is limited to official police matters, with mandatory resignation when state-police employment ends.

Licensing authority: Connecticut Secretary of the State, Business Services Division · Application information

Initial appointment by examination
Connecticut Notary Public Examination
Application
Complete the Secretary-prescribed online application and required handwritten materials truthfully and without omission; the examination is part of that application.
Character
The Secretary may deny appointment for a felony or dishonesty/moral-turpitude conviction, restriction or discipline of a notary appointment or professional license, or official misconduct; absence of disciplinary proceedings does not remove the misconduct ground.
Connecticut Connection
Be a Connecticut resident or have a principal place of business in Connecticut at application and appointment; retain one of these connections while commissioned.
Email
Provide a residential address and valid email address; nonresidents must also provide the Connecticut principal-business address.
Fee
The §3-94e state-police application-fee exemption applies to this restricted appointment; no fee may be charged for its notarial acts.
Fees
Section 3-94e exempts these appointees from the application fee and prohibits charging a fee for their notarial services.
Jurat And Writing Sample
Upload the completed handwritten Jurat and Writing Sample, subscribed and sworn to before an officer authorized to administer oaths; it is an application component, not a separately identified assessment.
Minimum Age
Be eighteen years of age or older at the time of application.
Oath And Recording
Within thirty days after receipt of the certificate, take and record the oath and certificate with the town clerk of the Connecticut residence or, for a nonresident, the Connecticut principal place of business. Agency instructions say to take the oath before performing notarial acts.
Pending Application
The manual says an application left pending by the applicant for more than ninety days fails and the application fee is forfeited.
Rank
Be a Connecticut state police major, captain, lieutenant or sergeant.
Recommendation
Provide a Certificate of Character signed by an unrelated public official or reputable business or professional person who has personally known the applicant for at least one year.
Restricted Authority
Exercise notarial authority only to administer oaths and affirmations or take acknowledgments pertaining to official police matters.
Seal
Use the seal of the state police as the notarial seal for the authorized official police acts.
Termination
Immediately resign the notary appointment in writing when state-police employment terminates; resignation takes effect on the termination date.
Reinstatement after inactive commission
Connecticut Notary Public Examination
Application
Complete the Secretary-prescribed online application and required handwritten materials truthfully and without omission; the examination is part of that application.
Character
The Secretary may deny appointment for a felony or dishonesty/moral-turpitude conviction, restriction or discipline of a notary appointment or professional license, or official misconduct; absence of disciplinary proceedings does not remove the misconduct ground.
Connecticut Connection
Be a Connecticut resident or have a principal place of business in Connecticut at application and appointment; retain one of these connections while commissioned.
Email
Provide a residential address and valid email address; nonresidents must also provide the Connecticut principal-business address.
Fee
The §3-94e state-police application-fee exemption applies to this restricted appointment; no fee may be charged for its notarial acts.
Fees
Section 3-94e exempts these appointees from the application fee and prohibits charging a fee for their notarial services.
Inactive Commission
The commission has expired for more than ninety days and is inactive; contact bsd@ct.gov for reinstatement rather than using the new-applicant process.
Jurat And Writing Sample
Upload the completed handwritten Jurat and Writing Sample, subscribed and sworn to before an officer authorized to administer oaths; it is an application component, not a separately identified assessment.
Minimum Age
Be eighteen years of age or older at the time of application.
Oath And Recording
Within thirty days after receipt of the certificate, take and record the oath and certificate with the town clerk of the Connecticut residence or, for a nonresident, the Connecticut principal place of business. Agency instructions say to take the oath before performing notarial acts.
Pending Application
The manual says an application left pending by the applicant for more than ninety days fails and the application fee is forfeited.
Rank
Be a Connecticut state police major, captain, lieutenant or sergeant.
Recommendation
Provide a Certificate of Character signed by an unrelated public official or reputable business or professional person who has personally known the applicant for at least one year.
Reinstatement Requirements
The manual states that reinstatement mirrors the requirements of a new application and costs $120; the licensing page expressly requires the Jurat and Writing Sample for reinstatement.
Restricted Authority
Exercise notarial authority only to administer oaths and affirmations or take acknowledgments pertaining to official police matters.
Seal
Use the seal of the state police as the notarial seal for the authorized official police acts.
Termination
Immediately resign the notary appointment in writing when state-police employment terminates; resignation takes effect on the termination date.
Reappointment / renewal
Connecticut Notary Public Examination
Agency Renewal Instructions
The Secretary's Notary Public Manual (Rev. 2023-2), §3.3, describes the renewal steps as: "If the applicant wishes to continue to be a notary, the notary must use the log-in information contained in the renewal correspondence, swear that they have not been convicted of a crime since the last appointment, and pay a fee of sixty dollars ($60.00)." It does not describe a new examination step in those renewal instructions.
Character
The Secretary may deny appointment for a felony or dishonesty/moral-turpitude conviction, restriction or discipline of a notary appointment or professional license, or official misconduct; absence of disciplinary proceedings does not remove the misconduct ground.
Connecticut Connection
Be a Connecticut resident or have a principal place of business in Connecticut at application and appointment; retain one of these connections while commissioned.
Fee
The §3-94e state-police application-fee exemption applies to this restricted appointment; no fee may be charged for its notarial acts.
Fees
Section 3-94e exempts these appointees from the application fee and prohibits charging a fee for their notarial services.
Lapse
The manual says the licensee must stop performing notarial acts after expiration until receiving a new certificate and taking the oath for the new term; a commission in the ninety-day grace period is lapsed.
Minimum Age
Be eighteen years of age or older at the time of application.
Oath And Recording
Within thirty days after receipt of the certificate, take and record the oath and certificate with the town clerk of the Connecticut residence or, for a nonresident, the Connecticut principal place of business. Agency instructions say to take the oath before performing notarial acts.
Prior Commission
Hold or have recently held the Connecticut appointment being renewed.
Rank
Be a Connecticut state police major, captain, lieutenant or sergeant.
Renewal Window
The licensing page permits renewal from ninety days before expiration through ninety days after expiration; after that, email the office for reinstatement.
Restricted Authority
Exercise notarial authority only to administer oaths and affirmations or take acknowledgments pertaining to official police matters.
Seal
Use the seal of the state police as the notarial seal for the authorized official police acts.
Statutory Examination
Section 3-94d requires the applicant to otherwise comply with all requirements for being appointed and serving as a notary; the written examination in §3-94b(b)(3) is therefore retained under the contract's higher-source rule.
Termination
Immediately resign the notary appointment in writing when state-police employment terminates; resignation takes effect on the termination date.

Connecticut Notary Public Examination

Practice scope

Inferred from the examination name; the authority has not published an examination outline.

  • Chapter 4 — Oaths
  • Chapter 6 — Uniform Acknowledgment Act
  • Chapter 8 — Uniform Recognition of Acknowledgments Act
  • Chapter 15 — Connecticut Uniform Electronic Transactions Act
  • Chapter 33 — Secretary
  • Chapter 54 — Uniform Administrative Procedure Act, specified sections
  • Chapter 92 — Town Clerks, specified sections
  • Chapter 93 — Registrars of Vital Statistics, specified section
  • Chapter 802a — Wills: Execution and Construction, specified section
  • Chapter 821 — Land Titles, specified section
  • Chapter 876 — Attorneys, specified section
  • Chapter 899 — Evidence, specified sections
  • Chapter 948 — Frauds and False Pretenses, specified section
  • Chapter 952 — Penal Code: Offenses, specified sections
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