LegislationJan 01, 2009 - Louisiana
LA Senate Bill 37 - Senate Bill 37 extends the existing provisions for appointing ex-officio Notaries to act for and on behalf of municipal police departments by granting authority to any mayor of a municipality of less than 5,000 to make such appointments.
LegislationJan 01, 2009 - California
CA Assembly Bill 2452 - Assembly Bill 2452 adds a new form of written identification to the list of state-approved IDs a Notary may accept to identify document signers and changes the requirements for identifying subscribing witnesses. Whereas previously a Notary could identify a subscribing witness based upon the Notary’s personal knowledge or a credible witness personally known to the Notary, AB 2452 now requires a subscribing witness to be identified by one credible witness who presents a state-approved ID card as identification.
LegislationNov 01, 2008 - Oklahoma
OK House Bill 2587 - Oklahoma enacts the Uniform Real Property Electronic Recording Act effective November 1, 2008, and tasks the Archives and Records Commission with creating technical standards to implement the Act.
LegislationOct 01, 2008 - Connecticut
CT House Bill 5535 - Connecticut enacts the Uniform Real Property Electronic Recording Act effective October 1, 2009, and repeals a previous provision from the state’s Uniform Electronic Transactions Act disallowing certain real property transactions from being conducted using electronic means.
LegislationAug 15, 2008 - Louisiana
LA Senate Bill 285 - Senate Bill 285 transfers from the local parishes to the Secretary of State all remaining duties involving the commissioning of Notaries. The bill also clarifies many procedures related to the application process and procedure for appointments issued by the advice and consent of the Senate. (Keep in mind that all Louisiana Notaries are attorney-like, civil law officers who are unique in the United States.)
LegislationAug 08, 2008 - Arizona
AZ Senate Bill 1486 - Senate Bill 1486 makes a technical change allowing all Notaries who change their surnames to continue to notarize using the old name until commission expiration. Formerly, this was only allowed for name changes due to marriage.
LegislationAug 08, 2008 - North Carolina
NC House Bill 545 - House Bill 545 recognizes the legal status of electronic notarizations performed by any Virginia Notary that are recorded in the register of deeds office of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, even though such eNotarizations have been temporarily postponed in Virginia until the General Assembly publishes rules; cures certain defective notarizations; states the needed conditions for recording electronic land title documents; and clarifies that typographical errors in a recorded document may be corrected by recording a “scrivener’s” affidavit.
LegislationJul 10, 2008 - Louisiana
LA House Bill 781 - House Bill 781 primarily defines prohibited acts related to the unlawful exercise of notarial powers and provides penalties, outlines the complaint process and clarifies that licensed attorneys who are Notaries are still subject to oversight by the state Supreme Court.
LegislationJul 01, 2008 - Virginia
VA House Bill 218 - House Bill 218 is “clean-up” legislation for last year’s comprehensive Notary and electronic notarization laws. HB 218 removes the requirement for endorsements on an application to become a Notary or electronic Notary; removes the provision that a failure to affix a seal on a paper or electronic document shall not affect the legality or efficacy of the document; specifies notarial officers outside of Virginia who can notarize documents for use in Virginia; clarifies that an improperly notarized document shall not invalidate the underlying document even if it is not in proper form for recordation; requires Notaries performing electronic notarization to keep the required electronic journal for a period of five years from the date of the transaction and adds a new misconduct provision.
LegislationJul 01, 2008 - South Dakota
SD House Bill 1030 - House Bill 1030 permits any resident of a county bordering South Dakota who has a place of work or employment in South Dakota to become a Notary and streamlines the statute providing the requirements for the Notary’s official seal.