What About The Commission Date And Expiration Date?

• The commission date takes effect or commences on the day the Secretary of State makes the appointment and issues the commission.

• If you wish to renew your Notary Public commission and would like to keep the same commission date and expiration date (month and day), you may do so by completing and mailing to the Office of the Secretary of State the Application-Oath and Bond form in advance of the expiration of the commission. 

• If you would like different expiration date than your previous commission, please indicate the date you wish to have your next six year term begin on. 

• We must receive the Application prior to the date you have selected. 
  We cannot back date an application, and the commission date and the expiration date must be accurate.

• The expiration date is exactly six (6) years from the commission date.

• The commission expiration date cannot be a part of the official notary seal imprint. Any notary commissioned prior to July 1, 1988, whose seal contains the expiration date, may continue to use that seal until his commission expires.