MEDIA ADVISORY
The National Notary Association Honors Secretary Tennant
With Calvin Coolidge Notary Award
Tennant’s Comprehensive Notary Reform Policies
Benefit West Virginia Residents and Businesses
WHO: The National Notary Association (NNA) is honoring West Virginia Secretary of State Natalie Tennant with its Calvin Coolidge Notary Award, which was established to celebrate public officials who advance the professionalism of notaries. NNA Vice President of Government Affairs, Bill Anderson, will present the Award to Secretary Tennant on August 25.
WHY: Secretary Tennant is receiving the Award for her efforts to comprehensively revise the state’s notary statutes and for raising the professionalism of notaries public. These changes provide West Virginia businesses, families and individuals with stronger protections for document transactions and help facilitate the state’s growing e-commerce economy.
She was instrumental in advocating for the enactment of the Revised Uniform Law on Notarial Acts (RULONA) and, once the Act became law, in adopting administrative rules to implement the Act. Significantly, the regulations included extensive rules on electronic notarization based on the NNA’s Model Notary Act of 2010.
“Her vision and leadership have changed the way business is done in West Virginia,” said Anderson. “Secretary Tennant recognized that West Virginia’s notaries could help drive business by making traditional paper and emerging electronic notarial acts more accessible, efficient and secure.”
WHEN: Tuesday, August 25, 2015 at 10 a.m.
WHERE: Office of West Virginia Secretary of State Natalie E. Tennant
1900 Kanawha Boulevard, East
Building 1, Suite 157 K
Charleston, WV 25305
CONTACTS:
National Notary Association:
Kat Garcia, KGarcia@NationalNotary.org, O: 818.739.4009, C: 818.299.7250
West Virginia Secretary of State’s Office:
Amber Epling, AEpling@wvsos.com, O: 304.558.6000, C: 304.951.2665
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