AnalysisDelaware Governor Carney has issued his Eleventh Modification of the Declaration of a State of Emergency for the State of Delaware temporarily allowing Delaware attorneys who have the power to perform notarial acts under 29 Del. C. 4323(a)(3), to perform video-conference notarizations. Delaware is not the first state to limit the authorization to perform these notarizations to certain types of Notaries. Arkansas is one other state that permits only specified Notaries to perform them. The Governor's Order remains in effect during the COVID-19 State of Emergency declaration, as modified and extended, until further notice.
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