                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

RESIGNATION; REMOVAL FROM COMMONWEALTH; ETC (§ 47.1-22)

A. A notary may resign his commission by mailing or delivering to the Secretary
a letter of resignation.

B. Any notary who ceases to be a resident of the Commonwealth of Virginia shall,
from that time, cease to be a notary; provided, however, that such notary may
maintain his commission with the written consent of the Secretary if he meets
the qualifications for nonresident appointment under &#xA7; 47.1-4.

C. Any nonresident notary who ceases to be employed in this Commonwealth shall
forthwith cease to be a notary.

D. Every notary who wishes to resign from office, or who ceases to be a notary
pursuant to subsections B or C of this section, shall forthwith mail or deliver
his commission to the Secretary, who shall cancel the same. The notary shall be
responsible for the destruction of the official physical seal.

E. Every electronic notary who wishes to resign his commission or who ceases to
be a notary pursuant to this section shall forthwith erase, delete, or destroy
the coding, disk, certificate, card, software, or password that enables
electronic affixation of the notary&#8217;s official electronic signature or
seal and so certify to the Secretary.

F. A former electronic notary, whose previous commission or application was not
revoked or denied, need not erase, delete, or destroy the coding, disk,
certificate, card, software, or password that enables electronic affixation of
the notary&#8217;s official electronic signature or seal if he is recommissioned
and reregistered as an electronic notary using the same electronic signature and
seal within three months after commission expiration.

HISTORY: 1980, c. 580; 2007, cc. 269, 590.