---
type: "Bill"
title: "Notary Authority Misrepresentation."
description: "Notary Authority Misrepresentation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "HB 955"
citation: "North Carolina HB 955 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ATTORNEYS", "FRAUD", "LICENSING & CERTIFICATION", "NOTARY PUBLIC", "OCCUPATIONS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SECRETARY OF STATE", "TITLE CHANGE", "REP. ARNOLD", "RECORDS", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2001-04-02"
last_action: "2001-10-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e6c65b6b-1c54-4e05-b8ca-b90e3633a1ee"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=H955&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "50f4cbf58c8d5cd094a47806ed9f994a0e636b23f305280b7ec2c267729ebf5c"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nc"]
---

# North Carolina HB 955 (2001) — Notary Authority Misrepresentation.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H955v1.pdf)
2. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H955v2.pdf)
3. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H955v3.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H955v4.pdf)
5. **SL 2001-450** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H955v5.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **113–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **42–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Arnold — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2001-10-20** Ch. SL 2001-450 `became-law`
- **2001-10-20** Signed By Gov. 10/20/2001 `executive-signature`
- **2001-10-15** Pres. To Gov. 10/12/2001 `executive-receipt`
- **2001-10-11** Ratified
- **2001-10-09** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2001-10-08** Placed On Cal For 10/9/2001
- **2001-10-02** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-10-02** Reptd Fav To Concur `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-09-26** Ref To Com On Judiciary III `referral-committee`
- **2001-09-26** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2001-09-25** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-09-25** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2001-09-21** Placed On Cal For 9/25/2001
- **2001-09-21** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2001-09-19** Placed On Cal For 9/24/2001
- **2001-09-19** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2001-09-18** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2001-09-18** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-04-19** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-19** Rec From House
- **2001-04-18** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-04-17** Placed On Cal For 4/18/2001
- **2001-04-17** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-04-17** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-04-03** Ref To Com On Judiciary III `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-02** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e6c65b6b-1c54-4e05-b8ca-b90e3633a1ee`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).