Model Notary Act

Download the Model Notary Act of 2010.

• The Model Notary Act Of 2010
• Model Notary Act Adoptions Map
• Drafting Committee

The Model Notary Act is a comprehensive statute prototype designed to assist  lawmakers and Notary program administrators in modernizing and strengthening the Notary Public statutes in their state. Conceived as the Uniform Notary Act in 1973 in a special collaboration with Yale Law School, it was renamed the Model Notary Act and progressively expanded in 1984, 2002 and 2010. The MNA drafting panels have included secretaries of state, law professors, technology experts, mortgage banking executives and government officials at every level.

For nearly four decades, legislators and Notary-regulating officials have borrowed extensively from all versions of the Model Notary Act in reforming state and territorial Notary laws. Several U.S. jurisdictions have adopted the MNA virtually in its entirety, while many others have enacted discrete sections and articles from the Act to update and improve their Notary laws.

PRIOR VERSIONS

• The Model Notary Act Of 2002
• The Model Notary Act Of 2002 Drafting Committee
• The Model Notary Act Of 1984
• The Uniform Notary Act of 1973