# 42 Pa.C.S. § 6105: Acts of notaries public

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_PA_T42_C61_S6105

## Section

- **Citation:** 42 Pa.C.S. § 6105
- **Heading:** Acts of notaries public
- **Jurisdiction:** Pennsylvania
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** PA Code / Title 42 / Chapter 61 / Section 6105

## Text

(a) General rule.--The official acts, protests and attestations of all notaries public, certified under their respective hands and seals of office, including the dishonor of all bills and promissory notes, and of notice to the drawers, acceptors or endorsers thereof, may be received and read in evidence, as proof of the facts therein stated. Any litigant may be permitted to contradict by other evidence any such certificate.

(b) Foreign notaries.--The official acts and exemplifications of foreign notaries in accordance with the laws of their respective countries shall be prima facie evidence of the matters therein set forth, if they are authenticated as provided in section 5328 (relating to proof of official records). Any litigant may be permitted to contradict by other evidence any such acts, exemplifications or certificates.

## Nearby sections

- [42 Pa.C.S. § 6101 Scope of subchapter.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_PA_T42_C61_S6101.md)
- [42 Pa.C.S. § 6102 Judicial notice of official seals.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_PA_T42_C61_S6102.md)
- [42 Pa.C.S. § 6103 Proof of official records.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_PA_T42_C61_S6103.md)
- [42 Pa.C.S. § 6104 Effect of official records generally.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_PA_T42_C61_S6104.md)
- [42 Pa.C.S. § 6105 Acts of notaries public.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_PA_T42_C61_S6105.md)
- [42 Pa.C.S. § 6106 Certified exemplifications of records.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_PA_T42_C61_S6106.md)
- [42 Pa.C.S. § 6107 Judicial notice of certain local government ordinances.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_PA_T42_C61_S6107.md)
- [42 Pa.C.S. § 6108 Business records.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_PA_T42_C61_S6108.md)
- [42 Pa.C.S. § 6109 Photographic copies of business and public records.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_PA_T42_C61_S6109.md)
- [42 Pa.C.S. § 6110 Registers kept by religious societies and municipalities.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_PA_T42_C61_S6110.md)
- [42 Pa.C.S. § 6111 Handwriting.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_PA_T42_C61_S6111.md)
- [42 Pa.C.S. § 6112 Introduction of parol evidence after refusal to produce documents.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_PA_T42_C61_S6112.md)
- [42 Pa.C.S. § 6121 Eminent domain matters.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_PA_T42_C61_S6121.md)
- [42 Pa.C.S. § 6141 Effect of certain settlements.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_PA_T42_C61_S6141.md)

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