LegislationApr 28, 2021 - Tennessee
TN Senate Bill 509 - Tennessee Senate Bill 509 authorizes all Notaries Public to perform marriage ceremonies.
LegislationApr 21, 2021 - Kansas
KS Senate Bill 122 - Senate Bill 122 makes documents acknowledged before a Notary or notarial officer “self-authenticating” for the purposes of admission into evidence in a judicial proceeding.
LegislationMar 23, 2021 - West Virginia
WV Senate Bill 182 - Senate Bill 182 provides legislative approval of the Secretary of State’s emergency rules for remote ink signed notarization.
Rule/Regulation
Mar 14, 2021 - Washington
WA Administrative Rules (2021) - The Washington Department of Licensing has adopted permanent administrative rules to implement its remote online notarization statutes.
LegislationMar 11, 2021 - Virginia
VA House Bill 2064 - House Bill 2064 now authorizes a credible witness to identify a remote signer for a remote online notarization (RON) or requires two forms of “identity proofing.” It also requires new information to be included in the notarial certificate for a RON.
LegislationMar 11, 2021 - North Carolina
NC House Bill 196 - House Bill 196 extends until December 31 the temporary remote notarization laws previously enacted by Senate Bill 704 and extended by House Bill 1023 last year.
Rule/Regulation
Feb 28, 2021 - Missouri
MO Administrative Rules 2021 (Notary Commissions) - The Missouri Secretary of State adopts permanent rules related to Notary commissions and the Notary complaint process.
Rule/Regulation
Feb 28, 2021 - Missouri
MO Administrative Rules 2021 (Remote Online Notarization) - The Missouri Secretary of State adopts permanent rules for remote online Notarization (RON) that were first adopted last year as emergency rules.
LegislationFeb 18, 2021 - Indiana
IN House Bill 1056 - House Bill 1056 corrects the mistake of requiring both an acknowledgment and a proof of execution as a requirement for a document to be recorded in the land records.
LegislationJan 26, 2021 - Colorado
CO House Bill 21-1004/Senate Bill 21-266 - House Bill 21-1004 authorizes electronic wills and allows notarization of electronic wills and self-proving affidavits to electronic wills by remote online notarization. Senate Bill 21-266, enacted later in the session, relocates the provisions to another section of the statutes.