Section 18-221 - Failure to perform duty or meet requirement; effect on notarial act(a) Except as provided in § 18-203(b) of this subtitle, the failure of a notarial officer to perform a duty or meet a requirement specified in this subtitle does not invalidate a notarial act performed by the notarial officer.(b) The validity of a notarial act under this subtitle does not prevent an aggrieved person from seeking: (1) to invalidate the record or transaction that is the subject of the notarial act under another law; or(2) other remedies allowed under federal or State law.(c) This section does not validate a purported notarial act performed by an individual who does not have the authority to perform notarial acts.Added by 2019 Md. Laws, Ch. 407, Sec. 1, eff. 10/1/2020.