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Jan 12024
Illinois is the first state to enact the Uniform Electronic Estate Planning Documents Act (UEEPDA), authorizing Notaries to use electronic signatures on electronic nontestamentary estate planning records.
Nov 172023
House Bill 351 clarifies that Notaries and Electronic Notaries are not required to record in their journals notarial acts performed on certain electoral documents.
Jun 52023
This part 1 new law update on the state of Illinois’s 2023 Notary and Electronic Notary administrative rules deals with commissioning changes.
This part 2 new law update on the 2023 administrative rules adopted by the Illinois Secretary of State provides various rules for the performance of notarial acts.
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