LegislationOct 01, 2024 - Alabama
AL Senate Bill 289 - Senate Bill 289 clarifies that both individuals who are licensed professionals and their employees who are commissioned as Notaries Public may lawfully perform notarial acts that are required in the practice of their profession.
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.
LegislationAug 28, 2024 - Missouri
MO Senate Bill 1359 - Repeals the requirement that a notarial certificate describe a married woman’s status as "wife" when executing a certificate of acknowledgment with her husband in a real estate transaction.
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.