Tex. Const. art. IV, § 26 · Article 4. EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT
NOTARIES PUBLIC.
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — Current through the amendments approved by voters in November 2025
(a) The Secretary of State shall appoint a convenient number of Notaries Public for the state who shall perform such duties as now are or may be prescribed by law. The qualifications of Notaries Public shall be prescribed by law.
(b) The terms of office of Notaries Public shall be not less than two years nor more than four years as provided by law.
Notes and commentary — not constitutional text
History
(Feb. 15, 1876. Amended Nov. 5, 1940, and Nov. 6, 1979.)
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the amendments approved by voters in November 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CN/htm/CN.4.htm
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- Composed by
- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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