Notary public of the common law public officer constituted by law to serve the public in non-contentious matters concerned with estates, deeds, powers-of-attorney, and foreign and international business. Administer oaths and affirmations, take affidavits and statutory declarations, witness and authenticate the execution of certain classes of documents, take acknowledgments of deeds and other conveyances, protest notes and bills of exchange, provide notice of foreign drafts, prepare marine or ship's protests in cases of damage, provide exemplifications and notarial copies, and perform certain other official acts of notarization within jurisdiction of Montana. (Reciprocity notarial acts in bordering states of Wyoming and North Dakota only)