LegislationAug 01, 2010 - Minnesota
MN House File 3318 - Minnesota 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.
LegislationJul 29, 2010 - Arizona
AZ House Bill 2037 - House Bill 2037 permits the Secretary of State to require that all applicants for a regular Notary commission take an educational course. The bill specifies 4 types of written identification document a Notary and Electronic Notary may accept as satisfactory evidence of identity for notarial acts in general and 2 additional types they may accept for real property conveyances and finance transactions in particular. HB 2037 also repeals provisions requiring Notaries to affix their commission expiration dates on each notarial certificate and permitting Electronic Notaries to issue a “Notary service electronic certificate” to a signer for the purpose of performing electronic notarial acts in the Electronic Notary’s name without the Electronic Notary present. The bill also requires an Electronic Notary to be a U.S. citizen or legal permanent resident.
LegislationJul 23, 2010 - Washington DC
DC B18-0427 - The District of Columbia enacts the Uniform Unsworn Foreign Declarations Act (UUFDA) published by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws. Subject to the limitations prescribed in the Act, the UUFDA permits a person living or traveling outside of the U.S. with a need to 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.
LegislationJul 21, 2010 - North Carolina
NC Senate Bill 1202 - Senate Bill 1202 reports that the funding for one full-time Notary investigator position in the Secretary of State’s office has been eliminated due to budget shortfalls.
Rule/Regulation
Jul 21, 2010 - Illinois
IL Administrative Rules (2010) - Under the Illinois Uniform Real Property Electronic Recording Act (URPERA), standards for implementing eRecording were published effective July 21, 2010.
LegislationJul 19, 2010 - Michigan
MI Senate Bill 791 - Michigan becomes the twenty-fifth state to enact the Uniform Real Property Electronic Recording Act, enabling county registers of deeds to accept electronic real property documents for recording in conformance with technical standards set by a 8-member Electronic Recording Commission.
LegislationJul 02, 2010 - Delaware
DE Senate Bill 262 (2010) - Delaware 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.
LegislationJul 01, 2010 - South Dakota
SD Senate Bill 141 - Senate Bill 141 permits a Notary’s insertions in an acknowledgment certificate, signature and other items on a real estate document presented for recording to be in blue ink provided the document is predominantly in black ink and the insertions are dark and legible enough to be reproducible.
LegislationJul 01, 2010 - Virginia
VA House Bill 719 - Virginia 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, 2010 - Maryland
MD House Bill 1470 - House Bill 1470 removes the requirement that title insurance producer independent contractors (TIPIC) acting under a title insurance producer to hold the requisite fidelity and surety bonds as long as these bonds are held by the title insurance producer the TIPIC works for and the title insurance producer assumes liability for all actions of the TIPIC. The bill also requires any mortgage or deed of trust executed in a transaction in which a TIPIC is acting on behalf of a title insurance producer to include on or with the recorded mortgage or deed of trust the name, address and license number of the TIPIC and title insurance producer for which the TIPIC is acting.