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.
LegislationSep 04, 2011 - North Carolina
NC Senate Bill 349 - Senate Bill 349 allows a person harmed by any person engaging in the unauthorized practice of law or knowingly aiding or abetting a person engaging in the unauthorized practice of law, or fraudulently holding themselves out as a paralegal, to file a private cause of action to recover damages and reasonable attorneys’ fees.
LegislationSep 01, 2011 - Texas
TX House Bill 3674 - House Bill 3674 authorizes an unsworn declaration to be made in any circumstance in which a written sworn declaration, verification, certification, oath or affirmation is permitted.
LegislationAug 26, 2011 - Nebraska
NE Legislative Bill 690 - In Legislative Bill 690, Nebraska becomes the first state to declare in statute that a Notary commits malfeasance (wrongdoing by a public official) if the Notary violates the confidentiality provisions of various sections in the Nebraska Revised Statutes pertaining to consents or declarations to abortion.