AffectsAmends Sections 358.41, 358.42, 358.47, 358.50, 359.05, 359.085, 359.01, 359.03 and 359.085 of the Minnesota Statutes.
AnalysisHouse Bill 2656 is the first attempt to incorporate provisions for electronic notarization into the Uniform Law on Notarial Acts (ULONA) originally published in 1982 by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws and adopted in whole or in part by 13 states. The new changes and statutory language were recommended by the NNA to Secretary of State Mary Kiffmeyer, who solicited the NNA’s assistance in modernizing Minnesota’s Notary laws to allow eNotarization. The revisions adopted in Minnesota could be used as a model for the NNA’s legislative efforts in the other states that have adopted the ULONA, especially in circumstances where a state wishes to retain ULONA provisions but “tweak” them to enable eNotarization.
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