Section 18-105 - Administration of oaths; certificate under seal as evidence. - Maryland Statutes

§ 18-105. Administration of oaths; certificate under seal as evidence.
 

(a)  Administration of oaths.- A notary public shall have the power to administer oaths according to law in all matters and cases of a civil nature in which a justice of the peace might have administered an oath on or before July 4, 1971, and with the same effect. 

(b)  Certificate under seal as evidence.- A certificate under the notarial seal of a notary shall be sufficient evidence of the notary having administered the oath as notary public. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 68, § 3; 1997, ch. 31, § 1.]