LegislationAug 01, 2024 - Louisiana
LA House Bill 238/488 - House Bills 238 and 488 clearly state that a Notary does not have a duty to investigate whether a party to immovable property is a foreign adversary or prohibited foreign actor.
Rule/Regulation
Aug 01, 2024 - North Carolina
NC Administrative Rule (2024 -- No. 4) - In an additional administrative rule, the North Carolina Department of the Secretary of State has pushed back the effective date of certain “Phase 1” rules to March 1, 2025.
LegislationJul 19, 2024 - New York
NY Senate 8306 - New York enacts the Uniform Real Property Transfer on Death Act, allowing individuals to execute a transfer on death deed to convey property outside of probate.
LegislationJul 02, 2024 - North Carolina
NC House Bill 199 - House Bill 199 modernizes North Carolina’s motor vehicle statutes to encompass remote electronic notarial acts and remote oaths and affirmations.
LegislationJul 01, 2024 - Minnesota
MN House File 1830 - House File requires the school manager or owner to have their signatures notarized on a proof of completion for hair technician training completed at their school.
LegislationJul 01, 2024 - North Carolina
NC Senate Bill 552 - Senate Bill 552 amends last year’s remote electronic notarization bill before it took effect, makes Notary seal changes, and requires all Notaries to keep a journal of notarial acts, among other changes.
LegislationJul 01, 2024 - Michigan
MI House Bill 4644 - Michigan enacts the Uniform Power of Attorney Act, authorizing a power of attorney to be acknowledged before a Notary or other official authorized to take acknowledgments and granting a presumption of genuineness to a power of attorney that is.
LegislationJul 01, 2024 - New Hampshire
NH House Bill 68 - New Hampshire becomes the most recent state to enact the Uniform Real Property Transfer on Death Act, authorizing a transfer on death deed to convey property without going through probate.
Rule/Regulation
Jul 01, 2024 - North Carolina
NC Administrative Rules (2024 -- No. 2) - The North Carolina Department of the Secretary of State has adopted rules related to Electronic Notaries, journals, filings, forms, and payments to the Department.
LegislationJul 01, 2024 - Indiana
IN House Bill 1032 - House Bill 1032 amends the statutes governing so-called “Legislative Notaries” and strikes the word “seal” from the required elements in a Notary Public’s official seal and electronic seal.