LegislationJun 01, 2021 - Louisiana
LA House Bill 307 - House Bill 307 repeals the semiannual reporting requirement of providers of Notary Public examination preparatory courses.
LegislationMay 18, 2021 - South Carolina
SC Senate Bill 631 - Senate Bill 631 enacts the NNA’s Model Electronic Notarization Act (MENA) in substantive form, authorizing South Carolina Notaries to perform electronic notarial acts.
LegislationMay 07, 2021 - Colorado
CO Senate Bill 21-195 - Senate Bill 21-195 permits a declaration to withhold medical care or a request to make an anatomical gift to be witnessed or acknowledged before a Notary Public or other individual authorized by law to take acknowledgments.
LegislationMay 05, 2021 - Utah
UT House Bill 276 - House Bill 276 now allows individuals who do not reside in Utah but have been employed in Utah for at least 30 days to apply for a Notary Public commission.
LegislationApr 29, 2021 - Indiana
IN House Bill 1255 - House Bill 1255 makes numerous and varied changes to Indiana’s probate, real property and Notary Public statutes.
LegislationApr 29, 2021 - Arkansas
AR Senate Bill 340 - Senate Bill 340 authorizes Arkansas Notaries to permanently perform remote notarizations and provides standards for these notarizations and extends the temporary COVID-19 remote notarization authorizations.
LegislationApr 28, 2021 - Tennessee
TN Senate Bill 509 - Tennessee Senate Bill 509 authorizes all Notaries Public to perform marriage ceremonies.
LegislationApr 21, 2021 - Kansas
KS Senate Bill 122 - Senate Bill 122 makes documents acknowledged before a Notary or notarial officer “self-authenticating” for the purposes of admission into evidence in a judicial proceeding.
LegislationMar 23, 2021 - West Virginia
WV Senate Bill 182 - Senate Bill 182 provides legislative approval of the Secretary of State’s emergency rules for remote ink signed notarization.
Rule/Regulation
Mar 14, 2021 - Washington
WA Administrative Rules (2021) - The Washington Department of Licensing has adopted permanent administrative rules to implement its remote online notarization statutes.