LegislationJul 08, 2011 - Arkansas
AR Senate Bill 887 - Arkansas 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 may direct another person to sign it for him or her. 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.
LegislationJul 01, 2011 - Wyoming
WY Senate File 150 - Senate Bill 150 adopts many of the NNA‟s most esteemed best Notary practices and ethical standards taken from the Model Notary Act of 2010. It including a solid definition of the “satisfactory evidence of identity” a notarial officer must obtain to perform a notarial act. For the first time, a state has adopted the Model Notary Act’s “verification of fact” notarial act. However, the bill also contains a vaguely-worded definition of the terms “personally appear,” “in the presence of,” and “appear before” which could erode the integrity of notarial acts in Wyoming.
LegislationJul 01, 2011 - Virginia
VA House Bill 2205/SB 1247 - House Bill 2205 and Senate Bill 1247 are companion bills which allow the Secretary of the Commonwealth to accept applications for recommission as a Notary containing the electronic signature of the Notary.
LegislationJul 01, 2011 - Georgia
GA House Bill 41 - House Bill 41 reverses an Attorney General ruling last year that the “judicial operations fund fee” of $125 assessed for court filings applies to the issuance of certificates of appointment and reappointment of Notaries, reducing the fee for a Notary commission from $162 to $37.
LegislationJul 01, 2011 - Mississippi
MS House Bill 599 - Mississippi becomes the twenty-sixth state to enact the Uniform Real Property Electronic Recording Act, enabling county chancery clerks to accept electronic real property documents for recording in conformance with technical standards set by an 11-member Electronic Recording Commission.
LegislationJul 01, 2011 - Virginia
VA House Bill 1670 - House Bill 1670 prohibits a Notary from notarizing any paper or electronic document in which the Notary is a signatory or is named, thereby adding specificity to the current law prohibiting notarization of documents in which the Notary or the Notary’s spouse has a direct financial interest.
LegislationJul 01, 2011 - Virginia
VA Senate Bill 1369 - Senate Bill 1369 authorizes any clerk of circuit court to perform any notarial act a Virginia Notary Public may perform.
LegislationJul 01, 2011 - Virginia
VA House Bill 2318/Senate Bill 827 - House Bill 2318/Senate Bill 827 permits an Electronic Notary to perform an eNotarization without the signer appearing physically before the Electronic Notary but via video and audio conference technology instead. The bills specify new forms of identification an Electronic Notary must use to identify a signer appearing via videoconference and require Electronic Notaries to archive recordings of the video and audio of each such eNotarizations for a period of 5 years. Signers of these eNotarizations must accept the courts and law of Virginia as the choice of venue for the resolution of any disputes arising from these eNotarizations.
LegislationJul 01, 2011 - New Mexico
NM Senate Bill 369 - Senate Bill 369 modifies the statutes pertaining to recordation of documents with a county recorder. The bill clarifies the general rule that a document must be properly acknowledged as the term is defined under the New Mexico Notary Public Act or Uniform Law on Notarial Acts as a prerequisite to recording, but exempts certain documents from the acknowledgment requirement.
LegislationJul 01, 2011 - Mississippi
MS House Bill 723 - Mississippi adopts a new certificate of acknowledgment to be used for any business organization, foreign or domestic, in acknowledging a document conveying real or personal property.