LegislationAug 01, 2009 - North Dakota
ND House Bill 1072 - House Bill 1072 amends North Dakota’s probate statutes to formally permit a last will to be acknowledged before a Notary or other officer authorized to take acknowledgments as one of two means to execute a will (the other being having the will witnessed by two attesting witnesses). House Bill 1072 also clarifies that the procedure for “self-proving” a will applies only to wills that have been executed before attesting witnesses and that a will that is acknowledged before a Notary is granted a rebuttable presumption that the will has satisfied the requirements for execution when the will is filed, a matter of great importance in cases where a will is contested.
LegislationJul 27, 2009 - North Carolina
NC House Bill 559 - House Bill 559 validates certain notarial acts performed between May 15, 2004, and July 8, 2009, when the Notary who had been recommissioned to a new term failed to qualify for the commission by subscribing to the oath of office for the new term.
LegislationJul 16, 2009 - Delaware
DE Senate Bill 111 - Senate Bill 111, “clean-up" legislation for Delaware’s extensive notarization and electronic notarization statute enacted last year, makes it easier to take and subscribe the official oath of office as a Notary or Electronic Notary and allows a paralegal or legal assistant working for an attorney who is a Delaware Electronic Notary to become an Electronic Notary even though he or she resides outside of Delaware. Many of the provisions of SB 111 pertain to the appointment of limited governmental Notaries who can notarize only for their governmental entity or office.
LegislationJul 10, 2009 - Louisiana
LA House Bill 833 - House Bill 833 authorizes up to five employees of the Louisiana Office of Coastal Protection and Restoration to be appointed by the executive director as ex officio Notaries with non-civil law powers. These employees may only perform notarial acts related to the functions of the Office of Coastal Protection and Restoration. The notarizations must be performed without charge.
LegislationJul 10, 2009 - Louisiana
LA House Bill 538 - House Bill 538 permits the Commissioner of Agriculture and Forestry to appoint employees as ex officio Notaries Public with power to perform notarial acts limited to the agriculture loan program in Louisiana.
LegislationJul 01, 2009 - Colorado
CO Senate Bill 09-111 - After a sunset review of the Notary Public Act, which was set to expire on July 1, 2009, Senate Bill 111 reenacts the Notary Public Act with important new provisions including an expansion of a limited Notary record-keeping requirement to apply now to all notarial acts; authorization for the Secretary of State to promulgate rules requiring Notaries to take a training program; and a directive requiring the Secretary to verify the lawful presence in the U.S. of all Notary commission applicants.
LegislationJul 01, 2009 - Georgia
GA House Bill 126 - Georgia becomes the 49th U.S. jurisdiction to enact the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act. The Act permits Notaries to use electronic signatures in performing electronic notarizations.
LegislationJul 01, 2009 - Colorado
CO House Bill 09-1287 - House Bill 09-1287 permits a will to be signed by the testator (person making the will) or a person directed by the testator who is in the testator’s presence, and acknowledged before a Notary or other officer authorized to take acknowledgments. HB 09-1287 also grants rebuttable presumption to a notarized will and to wills that are self-proved either at the same time that they are executed or anytime thereafter.
LegislationJul 01, 2009 - Maine
ME Senate Paper 507 - Maine enacts the Uniform Power of Attorney Act (UPOAA). When 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 requires a power of attorney to be notarized, and 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, 2009 - Hawaii
HI House Bill 271 - Hawaii becomes the twenty-third state to enact the Uniform Real Property Electronic Recording Act, enabling registrars of the bureau of conveyances to accept electronic real property documents for recording in conformance with technical standards set by the Department of Land and Natural Resources.