LegislationOct 01, 2024 - Connecticut
CT Senate Bill 324 - Senate Bill 324 prohibits a Notary from taking an acknowledgment of an estate division agreement using remote notarization.
LegislationSep 09, 2024 - North Carolina
NC House Bill 556 - House Bill 556 extends the COVID-19 temporary video notarizations and witnessing provisions and makes other changes to North Carolina’s Remote Electronic Notarization Act.
Rule/Regulation
Aug 19, 2024 - South Dakota
SD Administrative Rules (2024) - Amended rules adopted by the Secretary of State update the Notary application and Notary Public Change Form for Notaries to report changes to their Notary commissions.
LegislationAug 07, 2024 - Colorado
CO Senate Bill 24-125 - Colorado enacts amendments to the Interstate Compact for the Placement of Children, which requires a notarized certification for certain child placements involving private adoption agency.
LegislationAug 07, 2024 - Colorado
CO House Bill 24-1381 - House Bill 24-1381 makes clarifying amendments to a statute on notarial conflicts of interest involving documents acknowledged by a savings and loan association.
LegislationAug 01, 2024 - Minnesota
MN House File 4772 - House File 4772 makes clarifications regarding registration to perform notarial acts on electronic records and grandfathers the official stamps of Notaries Public.
LegislationAug 01, 2024 - Louisiana
LA House Bill 238/488 - House Bills 238 and 488 clearly state that a Notary does not have a duty to investigate whether a party to immovable property is a foreign adversary or prohibited foreign actor.
Rule/Regulation
Aug 01, 2024 - North Carolina
NC Administrative Rule (2024 -- No. 4) - In an additional administrative rule, the North Carolina Department of the Secretary of State has pushed back the effective date of certain “Phase 1” rules to March 1, 2025.
LegislationJul 19, 2024 - New York
NY Senate 8306 - New York enacts the Uniform Real Property Transfer on Death Act, allowing individuals to execute a transfer on death deed to convey property outside of probate.
LegislationJul 02, 2024 - North Carolina
NC House Bill 199 - House Bill 199 modernizes North Carolina’s motor vehicle statutes to encompass remote electronic notarial acts and remote oaths and affirmations.