Montana Title 1. General Laws and Definitions § 1-5-609. Certificate of notarial acts

(1)(a) A notarial act must be evidenced by a certificate completed by a notarial officer.

(b) The certificate must:

(2)(a) The certificate for a notarial act on a tangible record must be part of or securely affixed to the record.

(b) The certificate for a notarial act on an electronic record must be attached to or logically associated with the record.

(a) is in the short form set forth in 1-5-610;

(b) is in a form otherwise permitted by the law of this state;

(c) is in a form permitted by the laws applicable in the jurisdiction in which the notarial act was performed; or

(d) sets forth the actions of the notarial officer and the actions are sufficient to meet the requirements of the notarial act as provided in 1-5-610, 1-5-616, and this section or of the laws of this state other than specified in this part.

(5)(a) A notary public may subsequently correct any information included on or omitted from a certificate executed by that notary if the change or correction can be evidenced by the information contained in the notary's journal record of the transaction.

(b) A notary public may not change or correct an impression or electronic image of an official stamp but may affix a subsequent impression on a tangible record or attach or logically associate with an electronic record an electronic image of a missing, illegible, or incorrect official stamp.

(c) Any changes or corrections must be dated and initialed by the notary public and a corresponding notation of the changes must be made in the journal record. Only the notary public who performed the notarization may make or authorize a change or correction to a previously completed certificate. If a notary public authorizes a third party to change or correct the information included or omitted on a previously completed certificate, the authorization must be granted in writing and a copy of the message authorizing the change and a copy of the changed certificate must be attached to the notary public's journal record for that transaction.