AnalysisDuring the past few years legislation prohibiting non-English advertising without including a prescribed notice, forbidding use of the term “notario publico” or equivalent non-English term, and establishing tough penalties for violations has been enacted in several states as a means of protecting immigrants from unscrupulous Notaries. While House Bill 2485 does these things, incredibly the new law allows nonattorney Notaries to advertise using the term “notario publico” or any non-English equivalent as long as the prescribed notice for non-English advertisements is included. We believe that the public is best served by an outright ban against using translations of the term altogether.
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