Opinion No.

The Honorable John Ward, Circuit Judge Sixth Judicial Circuit, Third Division 401 West Markham, Suite 240 Little Rock, Arkansas 72201

Dear Judge Ward:

I am writing in response to your request for an opinion on the qualification of persons to serve as notaries public. You note that the oath form for notaries supplied by the Secretary of State's office has a place at the bottom for the circuit clerk to witness and sign. You ask whether a notary's oath, completed and filed with the Secretary of State in a timely manner, but not witnessed by the circuit clerk, is valid. In other words, your…