MD Administrative Rule (2016)
Rule/Regulation
Effective: August 29, 2016
SummaryA new administrative rule reduces the amount of the Notary application fee.
AffectsAmends Regulation .04 under the Code of Maryland Regulations Section 01.02.08.
Changes - Reduces the application fee for both new and renewing Notary commissions from $20 to $9.
AnalysisThe cost to become a Notary in Maryland just became less expensive with the reduction in the application fee for new and renewing Notaries. The application fee is now $9, down from $20. The Maryland Secretary of State's office indicated in the proposed action to reduce the fee that with the reduction it anticipates a reduction in revenue of approximately $221,550 per year.
Read the adopted administrative rule.