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Arkansas Code Title 23. Public Utilities and Regulated Industries § 23-46-203. Seal--Evidentiary effect--Fees

Current as of March 28, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) An appropriate seal shall be procured to be the official seal for the State Bank Department.

(b) Every paper executed by the Bank Commissioner in pursuance of the authority conferred upon him or her by law and sealed with the seal of the department or certified by the department shall be received in evidence and recorded in the proper recording offices in the same manner as deeds regularly acknowledged.

(c)(1) Whenever it is necessary for the commissioner to approve any instrument and to affix the official seal thereto, the commissioner shall charge a fee as provided by rule for affixing his or her approval and the official seal to the instrument.

(2) Copies of all records and papers in the office of the department certified by the commissioner and authenticated by the seal shall be received in evidence in all cases equally and of like effect as the originals thereof.

(3) Whenever it is proper to furnish a copy of any paper filed in the department and to certify that paper, the commissioner may charge a fee as provided by department rule.

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