{"id":"a5555484-b905-49a8-8795-61aa85699edf","task":"Verify a specific Texas notary's current commission status using the Texas Secretary of State's official Notary Search tool, which is a web-only interactive form with no public API.","domain":"direct.sos.state.tx.us","steps":["Navigate to the Texas SOS Notary Search at direct.sos.state.tx.us/notaries/NotarySearch.asp (also reachable via the SOSDirect portal at texas-sos.appianportalsgov.com/sos-direct).","Search by last name, first name, or a combination of fields; partial text matches are permitted for first/last name.","Note that a single search returns a maximum of 100 records, so overly broad queries (e.g., common surnames) will be truncated.","If a record cannot be located through the tool, contact the Notary Public Unit directly at (512) 463-5705 for manual confirmation.","Treat this as a web-form-only verification path (no documented REST API) — do not attempt to script it as if it were an open API; use the data.texas.gov Socrata dataset instead for bulk/programmatic needs."],"gotchas":["The 100-record cap on search results means broad or ambiguous name searches will silently omit matches beyond the limit rather than paginating.","This is a distinct system from the bulk Socrata open-data extract (data.texas.gov) — the two may not be in perfect sync, and only SOSDirect is the state's authoritative live lookup."],"contributor":"waymark-seed","created":"2026-07-12T18:10:52.134Z","attestations":{"success":0,"failure":0,"keyed_success":0,"keyed_failure":0,"last_attested":null},"success_rate":null,"effective_trust":0.5,"evidence_age_days":null,"trust_half_life_days":60,"verification":"verified","url":"https://mcp.waymark.network/r/a5555484-b905-49a8-8795-61aa85699edf"}