Hartkopf v. First State Bank

A notary public is a public officer, and, as such, speaking generally, it is his duty “to attest the genuineness of any deeds or writings in order to render them available as evidence of the facts therein contained.” 20 R. C. L. p. 326, § 2, and cases under notes 4 and 7.

This court in Wood v. St. Paul City Ry. Co. 42 Minn. 411, 413, 44 N. W. 308, 7 L. R. A. 149, said:

“A notary public is considered not merely an officer of the country where he is admitted or appointed, but as a kind of international officer, whose official acts, performed in the state for which he is appointed, are recognized…