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New Notary Laws

Use this database to find updated Notary laws and regulations in your state or jurisdiction.

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LegislationOct 01, 2011 - Montana
MT Senate Bill 95 - Senate Bill 95 exempts a Notary seal impression made with an embosser on a document with an acknowledgment certificate from the minimum margin formatting requirements for documents submitted to the office of a county recorder as stipulated by statute.

LegislationOct 01, 2011 - Nevada
NV Assembly Bill 88 - Nevada enacts the Uniform Unsworn Foreign Declarations Act (UUFDA). The UUFDA permits a person living or traveling outside of the U.S. who must sign a sworn statement to make the statement under penalty of perjury without having to appear before a Notary or U.S. consular officer to take an oath or affirmation.

LegislationOct 01, 2011 - Mississippi
MS House Bill 606 - Mississippi now gives motorists the option of applying for a 4-year or new 8-year license to operate a motor vehicle. All Notaries should be aware that effective October 1, 2011, some Mississippi driver’s licenses presented as satisfactory evidence of identity may be valid for 8 years.

LegislationOct 01, 2011 - Montana
MT House Bill 374 - Montana enacts the Uniform Power of Attorney Act (UPOAA). If a power of attorney is presented for notarization, a Notary will need to know that a signer may sign the power of attorney or direct another person to sign it for them. The Act doesn’t require a power of attorney to be notarized, but a court will presume the signature to be genuine if it is acknowledged before a Notary or an officer authorized to take acknowledgments.

LegislationOct 01, 2011 - Montana
MT Senate Bill 337 - Senate Bill 337 redefines the term “affidavit" throughout the Montana Code Annotated to include written statements signed under penalty of perjury, but clarifies that an unsworn declaration may not be made with respect to any document or writing requiring an acknowledgment, deposition, oath of office, or oath required to be taken before a special official other than a Notary Public.

LegislationOct 01, 2011 - Montana
MT House Bill 518 - House Bill 518 creates an advance health care directive for persons suffering from mental illness and requires the directive to be notarized for it to become effective.

LegislationOct 01, 2011 - Montana
MT Senate Bill 354 - Montana enacts the Uniform Unsworn Foreign Declarations Act (UUFDA), permitting a person living or traveling outside the U.S. who must sign certain sworn statements to make the statements under penalty of perjury without having to appear before a Notary or U.S. consular officer to take an oath or affirmation.

LegislationOct 01, 2011 - Florida
FL Senate Bill 670 - Florida modifies its power of attorney statutes, requiring a power to be signed by the principal in the presence of two subscribing witnesses and acknowledged before a Notary Public.

LegislationOct 01, 2011 - Connecticut
CT House Bill 6488 - House Bill 6488 allows execution of the deed in a real estate conveyance if the signer’s acknowledgment is made in conformance with the Connecticut Uniform Acknowledgment Act or the Uniform Recognition of Acknowledgments Act, thereby lessening the number of defective acknowledgments subject to legal challenge.

LegislationSep 27, 2011 - Maine
ME House Paper 850 - House Paper 850 repeals a 2007 law creating a Notary Public Review Board, whose purpose was to investigate allegations into Notary misconduct and present recommendations for disposition of complaints to the Secretary of State. The Board had been inactive.

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