LegislationApr 18, 2018 - Wisconsin
WI Assembly Bill 655 - Assembly Bill 655 allows an adult with a functional impairment to create a supported decision-making agreement that may be notarized.
LegislationApr 02, 2018 - Tennessee
TN House Bill 941/Senate Bill 264 - House Bill 941/Senate Bill 264 defines "supportive decision making" and provides for the creation of a supportive decision making agreement which must be either witnessed by 2 adults or acknowledged before a Notary or notarial officer.
Rule/Regulation
Mar 05, 2018 - Arizona
AZ Administrative Rule (2018) - The Arizona Secretary of State has published a new administrative rule that raises the fees Arizona Notaries may charge and prescribes other requirements Notaries must follow when charging fees.
LegislationFeb 20, 2018 - Ohio
OH House Bill 31 - House Bill 31 repeals the online electronic notarization provisions enacted into law earlier this year.
LegislationJan 01, 2018 - Wyoming
WY Senate File 105 - Wyoming enacts the Uniform Power of Attorney Act (UPOAA), allowing a principal to sign a power of attorney or direct another person to sign the power of attorney in the principal's conscious presence, granting an acknowledged power of attorney a presumption of genuineness, and providing a statutory power of attorney form.
LegislationJan 01, 2018 - Indiana
IN Senate Bill 505 - Indiana enacts the Uniform Real Property Electronic Recording Act (URPERA), allowing Notaries to use electronic signatures on electronic real property documents.
LegislationJan 01, 2018 - Texas
TX House Bill 995 - House Bill 995 allows a medical power of attorney to be acknowledged before a Notary or witnessed by two competent adult witnesses.
LegislationJan 01, 2018 - New Hampshire
NH Senate Bill 230 - Senate Bill 230 enacts the Uniform Power of Attorney Act (UPOAA), requiring a power of attorney created under the Act to be acknowledged before a Notary or other officer authorized to take acknowledgments, and providing a statutory power of attorney form. A Notary will need to know that a signer may sign the power of attorney or may direct another person to sign it for him or her.
LegislationJan 01, 2018 - North Carolina
NC Senate Bill 569 - North Carolina enacts the Uniform Power of Attorney Act (UPOAA), allowing a principal to sign a power of attorney or direct another person to sign the power of attorney in the principal's conscious presence, requiring a power of attorney to be signed before a Notary or notarial officer, granting an acknowledged power of attorney a presumption of genuineness, and providing a statutory power of attorney form.
Rule/Regulation
Nov 27, 2017 - Mississippi
MS Administrative Rule (2017) - The Secretary of State has adopted a new regulation that relates to waiving fees.