LegislationMar 01, 2014 - Nevada
NV Assembly Bill 74 - AB 74 puts in place a statutory framework for the registration and oversight of persons, including Notaries Public, who provide document preparation services for individuals who for cultural, financial and other reasons cannot or choose not to hire an attorney to help them with their legal needs.
Rule/Regulation
Jan 15, 2014 - Iowa
IA Administrative Rule (eNotarization) - This administrative rule applies to certain notarized documents submitted into the Iowa judicial branches electronic document management system.
LegislationJan 01, 2014 - New Mexico
NM Senate Bill 107 - New Mexico enacts the Uniform Real Property Transfer on Death Act, authorizing a property owner to transfer interest in the property to a beneficiary upon the death of the owner through a Transfer on Death Deed that must be notarized and filed in the local land records.
LegislationJan 01, 2014 - Minnesota
MN House File 232 - House File 232 requires an individual signing a document as attorney in fact for a principal to identify him or herself as attorney in fact in the signature line by writing the signature substantially in the form provided in the statute.
LegislationJan 01, 2014 - Texas
TX Senate Bill 651 - Senate Bill 651 clarifies that a medical power of attorney may either be acknowledged before a Notary Public or signed in the presence of two unofficial witnesses.
LegislationJan 01, 2014 - Oregon
OR House Bill 2833 - Oregon 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. This new law does not apply to certain sensitive documents, including depositions, recordable instruments and attested affidavits to a last will and testament.
LegislationJan 01, 2014 - Nevada
NV Assembly Bill 99 - Assembly Bill 99 introduced the Revised Uniform Law on Notarial Acts (RULONA) as adopted by the Uniform Law Commission, but a significant amendment put forward by the Secretary of State kept only certain sections the Secretary’s office thought were most necessary.
LegislationJan 01, 2014 - South Carolina
SC Senate Bill 143 - South Carolina Senate Bill 143 shows the value of having testamentary documents notarized, or in the case of wills, self-proved by attaching the affidavits of the testator and witnesses to the will.
LegislationJan 01, 2014 - Texas
TX House Bill 2918 - HB 2918 makes modifications to the statutory durable power of attorney from, which must be acknowledged before a Notary. HB 2918 now provides an instruction to the attorney in fact for how the attorney in fact should identify him- or herself when signing a document as attorney in fact. The attorney in fact is instructed to disclose his or her identity by signing the document in the following manner: “(Principal’s Name) by (Your Signature) as Agent (or as Attorney in Fact).”
LegislationJan 01, 2014 - California
CA Assembly Bill 464 - AB 464 amends Civil Code Section 1188 to remove the contradiction between Section 1188 and 1189(a)(1) and requires Notaries to use the proof of execution by subscribing witness certificate exactly in the form prescribed by Civil Code Section 1195.