LegislationAug 15, 2009 - Louisiana
LA Senate Bill 151 - Senate Bill 151 directs the Secretary of State to develop a program requiring providers of educational courses for preparing a person to take the mandatory Louisiana Notary examination to register and report their activities and post a $25,000 bond annually. The law institutes tough fines for providers who fail to comply with the new requirements and permits the Secretary of State to promulgate rules for this new program.
LegislationAug 15, 2009 - North Dakota
ND House Bill 1168 - Originally enacted in 2003, House Bill 1168 set an effective date of August 1, 2009, for transition to a new seal requirement by all Notaries, who must now use seals that are “designed to leave a clear impression” and photographically reproducible, and may not use a metal embosser as an official seal.
LegislationAug 11, 2009 - Illinois
IL Senate Bill 1549 - While the Illinois Notary Public Act previously recognized that the Notarial Record created for each conveyance of residential real property in Cook County, Illinois was exempted from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act, SB 1549 formally place the Notarial Record within the list of exemptions in the Freedom of Information Act itself.
LegislationAug 07, 2009 - Arkansas
AR House Bill 2231 - House Bill 2231 clarifies that the issuer of the Notary’s $7,500 surety bond or contract shall not be liable for more than the amount of the Notary’s surety bond or contract and that the surety’s obligation is to and for the benefit of the state of Arkansas.
LegislationAug 01, 2009 - North Dakota
ND Senate Bill 2322 - Senate Bill 2322 prohibits a Notary from notarizing any signature without positively identifying the signer. It also prohibits a Notary from notarizing a petition filed as a prerequisite to the calling of an election or for the performance or prohibition of any act under Section 1-01-50 of the North Dakota Century Code if the petition contains the Notary’s or the Notary’s spouse’s signature. SB 2322 authorizes the Secretary of State to deny, revoke or suspend the commission of a Notary for violating any provision of Chapter 44-06 (“Notaries Public”) of the North Dakota Century Code and to adopt rules governing the signing and submission of electronic documents with a state agency.
LegislationAug 01, 2009 - North Dakota
ND House Bill 1072 - House Bill 1072 amends North Dakota’s probate statutes to formally permit a last will to be acknowledged before a Notary or other officer authorized to take acknowledgments as one of two means to execute a will (the other being having the will witnessed by two attesting witnesses). House Bill 1072 also clarifies that the procedure for “self-proving” a will applies only to wills that have been executed before attesting witnesses and that a will that is acknowledged before a Notary is granted a rebuttable presumption that the will has satisfied the requirements for execution when the will is filed, a matter of great importance in cases where a will is contested.
LegislationJul 27, 2009 - North Carolina
NC House Bill 559 - House Bill 559 validates certain notarial acts performed between May 15, 2004, and July 8, 2009, when the Notary who had been recommissioned to a new term failed to qualify for the commission by subscribing to the oath of office for the new term.
LegislationJul 16, 2009 - Delaware
DE Senate Bill 111 - Senate Bill 111, “clean-up" legislation for Delaware’s extensive notarization and electronic notarization statute enacted last year, makes it easier to take and subscribe the official oath of office as a Notary or Electronic Notary and allows a paralegal or legal assistant working for an attorney who is a Delaware Electronic Notary to become an Electronic Notary even though he or she resides outside of Delaware. Many of the provisions of SB 111 pertain to the appointment of limited governmental Notaries who can notarize only for their governmental entity or office.
LegislationJul 10, 2009 - Louisiana
LA House Bill 833 - House Bill 833 authorizes up to five employees of the Louisiana Office of Coastal Protection and Restoration to be appointed by the executive director as ex officio Notaries with non-civil law powers. These employees may only perform notarial acts related to the functions of the Office of Coastal Protection and Restoration. The notarizations must be performed without charge.
LegislationJul 10, 2009 - Louisiana
LA House Bill 538 - House Bill 538 permits the Commissioner of Agriculture and Forestry to appoint employees as ex officio Notaries Public with power to perform notarial acts limited to the agriculture loan program in Louisiana.