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.
LegislationJul 01, 2009 - Colorado
CO Senate Bill 09-111 - After a sunset review of the Notary Public Act, which was set to expire on July 1, 2009, Senate Bill 111 reenacts the Notary Public Act with important new provisions including an expansion of a limited Notary record-keeping requirement to apply now to all notarial acts; authorization for the Secretary of State to promulgate rules requiring Notaries to take a training program; and a directive requiring the Secretary to verify the lawful presence in the U.S. of all Notary commission applicants.
LegislationJul 01, 2009 - Georgia
GA House Bill 126 - Georgia becomes the 49th U.S. jurisdiction to enact the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act. The Act permits Notaries to use electronic signatures in performing electronic notarizations.
LegislationJul 01, 2009 - Colorado
CO House Bill 09-1287 - House Bill 09-1287 permits a will to be signed by the testator (person making the will) or a person directed by the testator who is in the testator’s presence, and acknowledged before a Notary or other officer authorized to take acknowledgments. HB 09-1287 also grants rebuttable presumption to a notarized will and to wills that are self-proved either at the same time that they are executed or anytime thereafter.
LegislationJul 01, 2009 - Maine
ME Senate Paper 507 - Maine enacts the Uniform Power of Attorney Act (UPOAA). When a power of attorney is presented for notarization, 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. The Act requires a power of attorney to be notarized, and a court will presume the signature to be genuine if it is acknowledged before a Notary or an officer authorized to take acknowledgments.
LegislationJul 01, 2009 - Hawaii
HI House Bill 271 - Hawaii becomes the twenty-third state to enact the Uniform Real Property Electronic Recording Act, enabling registrars of the bureau of conveyances to accept electronic real property documents for recording in conformance with technical standards set by the Department of Land and Natural Resources.
LegislationJul 01, 2009 - Nevada
NV Senate Bill 92 - Senate Bill 92, creating the Electronic Notary Public Authentication Act, enacts measures regulating Electronic Notaries and notarization, specifying the notarial acts that may be performed electronically, prescribing mandatory education and an examination, setting fees for electronic notarial acts, authorizing the Secretary of State to issue authentications and apostilles to verify the electronic signatures of Electronic Notaries and permitting the Secretary of State to promulgate rules to implement the new laws. Matters pertaining to the commissioning of “paper-based” Notaries are also addressed in the bill.
LegislationJul 01, 2009 - Ohio
OH House Bill 525 - House Bill 525 introduces document formatting standards for real property and other documents that are recorded in a county recorder’s office and imposes an additional $20 per-document fee for documents that do not conform to the new requirements. Notaries should be especially mindful to ensure that seal images do not protrude into the assigned margins of the documents.
LegislationJun 30, 2009 - North Carolina
NC Senate Bill 268 - Senate Bill 268 eliminates the need to obtain the recommendation of a public official in North Carolina and submit the recommendation with the application for a commission if the applicant resides in a county with more than 5,250 active Notaries on record in the year of application.