Tex. Government Code § 406.004
This is the official text of Tex. Government Code § 406.004, part of Texas’s Government Code — covers the structure and operation of Texas state and local government.
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§ 406.004. ELIGIBILITY.
Official statutory text
(a) Each person appointed and commissioned as a notary public shall be at least 18 years of age and a resident of the State of Texas and must not have been convicted of a felony or crime involving moral turpitude.
(b) If the secretary of state discovers, at any time, that an applicant to be a notary public or a commissioned notary public is not eligible to serve as a notary public, the secretary of state shall:
(1) reject the notary application; or
(2) revoke the notary commission.
(b) If the secretary of state discovers, at any time, that an applicant to be a notary public or a commissioned notary public is not eligible to serve as a notary public, the secretary of state shall:
(1) reject the notary application; or
(2) revoke the notary commission.
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