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(1) Within 30 days after the day on which a notary changes the notary's name, the notary shall provide to the lieutenant governor:
(a) the notary's new name, including official documentation of the name change; and
(b) a bond policy rider that a notary obtains in accordance with Subsection (2).
(2) To obtain a bond policy rider, the notary shall:
(a) notify the surety for the notary's bond;
(b) obtain a bond policy rider reflecting both the old and new name of the notary;
(c) return the bond policy rider;
(d) destroy the original commission; and
(e) destroy the old official seal.
(3) A notary is not required to change the notary's name by adopting the surname of the notary's spouse.
(4) Within 30 days of the day on which a notary's residential or business address changes, the notary shall provide the notary's new residential or business address to the lieutenant governor.