Rule/Regulation
Apr 01, 2013 - Connecticut
CT Administrative Rules (2013) - Under the Connecticut Uniform Real Property Electronic Recording Act (URPERA), standards for implementing eRecording were published effective April 1, 2013.
LegislationMar 19, 2013 - Washington DC
DC B19-0753 - The District of Columbia enacts the Uniform Real Property Transfer on Death Act, authorizing a property owner to transfer interest in the property to a beneficiary upon the death of the owner through a Transfer on Death Deed that must be notarized and filed in the local land records.
Rule/Regulation
Feb 14, 2013 - Washington
WA Administrative Rules (2013) - The Washington Secretary of State adopts permanent rules to implement the Uniform Electronic Recording Act that includes provisions related to the notarization of electronic real property records.
LegislationJan 25, 2013 - Illinois
IL House Bill 3804 - House Bill 3804 makes a minor, non-substantive technical amendment referencing the Illinois Criminal Code in 5 ILCS 312/7-104, the statute defining official misconduct by a Notary Public.
Rule/Regulation
Jan 21, 2013 - Virginia
VA Administrative Rule (eNotarization) - The Virginia Electronic Notarization Assurance Standard has been published by the Virginia Secretary of the Commonwealth to satisfy the requirement of the Code of Virginia Section 47.1-6.1.
LegislationJan 01, 2013 - Iowa
IA Senate File 2265 - With Senate File 2265, Iowa becomes the second state to enact the Revised Uniform Law on Notarial Acts (RULONA). SF 2265 contains most of the “stock” RULONA provisions, including new identification standards, prohibited acts, and electronic notarization rules. The RULONA does not contain the bracketed (optional) Notary bond, journal and education provisions that were in the final form of the RULONA adopted by the Uniform Law Commission. The bill takes effect on January 1, 2013.
LegislationJan 01, 2013 - Iowa
IA House File 2465 - House Bill 2465 makes a couple of corrections to the Revised Uniform Law on Notarial Acts that was recently enacted by the Legislature and signed into law by the Governor.
LegislationJan 01, 2013 - Louisiana
LA House Bill 1192 - House Bill 1192 creates a new class of Notaries who are only required to pass certain parts of the Louisiana Notary examination and may not perform certain notarial acts that Notaries who have passed all components of the state Notary examination may perform. Further, these Notaries may only notarize for their employers. HB 1192 requires these Notaries to post a much higher $20,000 bond and requires the employer to pay for it. The new law is only temporary; it will sunset on August 1, 2016 and any commissions issued under the provisions of the temporary law will expire on that date unless the Notary has passed all components of the statewide Notary examination.
LegislationJan 01, 2013 - Louisiana
LA Senate Bill 599 - Repeals the authority of the chief of police of the Crescent City Connection Police Department to designate police officers under his command and appoint them as ex officio Notaries Public.
LegislationJan 01, 2013 - California
CA Assembly Bill 278/Senate Bill 900 - California becomes the first state to enact provisions from the National Mortgage Settlement into statute. The bill requires that certain foreclosure documents filed in court or recorded in the land records must be accurate and complete and provides a civil penalty of $7,500 for multiple instances of noncompliance.