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the Governor if a notarial journal is lost, stolen, misplaced, destroyed, erased,
compromised, rendered unusable, or becomes otherwise inaccessible during
the retention period; exempting certain acts of specified law enforcement and
correctional officers from the notarial journal requirements, etc. The effective
date would be 1/1/2016. Status: Referred to Commerce and Tourism; Judiciary;
Fiscal Policy on 1/28/15.
N o t a r i e s P u b l i c - H B 5 2 3 b y R e p . K e r n e r /
SB 526 by Sen. Grimsley. Revising the methods available for verifying
documents; providing an exception to the requirement that a signer personally
appear before a notary public at the time of notarization; defining the term
“reliable electronic means”; authorizing specified officers to administer oaths
by reliable electronic means when engaged in the performance of official
duties, etc. The effective date would be 7/1/2015. Status: HB 523 – Filed
on 1/27/15. SB 526 - Referred to Commerce and Tourism; Criminal Justice;
Rules on 2/3/15.
