LegislationOct 29, 2023 - Arizona
AZ Senate Bill 1291 - Senate Bill 1291 allows an adult to enter into a supported decision-making agreement that must be signed in the presence of two or more adult witnesses or a Notary Public.
LegislationOct 01, 2023 - Maryland
MD House Bill 636 - House Bill 636 authorizes the Notary's business e-mail address to be public information and if the Notary doesn't have one, the Notary's personal e-mail address.
LegislationOct 01, 2023 - Maryland
MD House Bill 630 - House Bill 630 authorizes qualified third party to make a report, which must be notarized, concerning a victim of abuse for the purpose of terminating a contract with a utility and all future liability under a utility contract.
LegislationOct 01, 2023 - Maryland
MD Senate Bill 792 - Senate Bill 792 allows two individuals toregister a domestic partnership by filing a declaration of domestic partnership, which must be notarized, with the register of wills in the county in which the domestic partners are domiciled.
LegislationOct 01, 2023 - Connecticut
CT Senate Bill 1040 - Connecticut, one of the last states without a remote online notarization statute, has remedied that by enacting Senate Bill 1040.
LegislationOct 01, 2023 - Maryland
MD Senate Bill 67 - Senate Bill 67 requires appointees for a civil commission, including Notary commissions, to contact the clerk of the circuit court to coordinate a time and place to take the oath of office and receive the commission.
LegislationSep 28, 2023 - North Carolina
NC Senate Bill 615 - Senate Bill 615 makes maintaining a. journal of notarial acts permissive instead of mandatory.
Rule/Regulation
Sep 27, 2023 - Iowa
IA Administrative Rules (2023) - As part of a five-year review of Iowa rules, the Secretary of State has readopted the Notary Public and Remote Notary Public rules with only minor technical amendments.
LegislationSep 18, 2023 - Michigan
MI House Bill 4294 - Eliminates the notarized written consent of a parent or legal guardian of a minor seeking to be married.
LegislationSep 01, 2023 - Colorado
CO Senate Bill 153 - Senate Bill 12-153 adds a broad authorization for interpreters to be used during notarial acts and provides rules and protections for the use of interpreters. It also raises the fees Notaries may charge.