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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 7 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1976, chapter 559; in 1979, chapter 14; in 1980, chapter 580; in 2001, chapter 488<\/a>; in 2002, chapter 832<\/a>; in 2007, chapters 269<\/a> and 590<\/a>; in 2008, chapters 117<\/a> and 814<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":74778,"section_number":"47.1-5.1","catch_line":"Application for recommission","order_by":null,"url":"\/47.1-5.1\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":69186,"section_number":"2.2-409","catch_line":"Secretary of the Commonwealth","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-409\/"}],"permalink":{"id":232959,"object_type":"law","relational_id":74892,"identifier":"47.1-5","token":"47.1\/2\/47.1-5","url":"\/47.1-5\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/47.1-5\/","token":"47.1\/2\/47.1-5","dublin_core":{"Title":"Application","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 47.1-5","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

No person shall be commissioned as a notary public or electronic notary public<\/span> pursuant to this title until he submits an application fee as set forth in \u00a7 2.2-409<\/a> and a complete and correct application to the Secretary<\/span> of the Commonwealth, in a form prescribed by the Secretary<\/span>, which shall include the oath<\/span> of the applicant, signed and sworn before some officer authorized by law<\/span> to administer oaths<\/span>, that the answers to all questions on the application are true and complete to the best of his knowledge and that he is qualified to be appointed and commissioned as a notary public. The Secretary<\/span> may accept applications by electronic means.\n\t\tAny application fee shall be waived for an application filed by a clerk or deputy clerk of a circuit<\/span> or district court<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nAPPLICATION (\u00a7 47.1-5)\n\nNo person shall be commissioned as a notary public or electronic notary public\npursuant to this title until he submits an application fee as set forth in \u00a7\n2.2-409 and a complete and correct application to the Secretary of the\nCommonwealth, in a form prescribed by the Secretary, which shall include the\noath of the applicant, signed and sworn before some officer authorized by law to\nadminister oaths, that the answers to all questions on the application are true\nand complete to the best of his knowledge and that he is qualified to be\nappointed and commissioned as a notary public. The Secretary may accept\napplications by electronic means.\n\t\tAny application fee shall be waived for an application filed by a clerk or\ndeputy clerk of a circuit or district court.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 47-2; 1962, p. 687; 1976, c. 559; 1979, c. 14; 1980, c.\n580; 2001, c. 488; 2002, c. 832; 2007, cc. 269, 590; 2008, cc. 117, 814.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}