9B.7 Identification of individual.
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1. A notarial officer has personal knowledge of the identity of an individual appearing before the notarial officer if the individual is personally known to the officer through dealings sufficient to provide reasonable certainty that the individual has the identity claimed.
2. A notarial officer has satisfactory evidence of the identity of an individual appearing before the notarial officer if the notarial officer can identify the individual pursuant to any of the following:
a. By means of any of the following:
(1)A passport, driver’s license, or government-issued nondriver identification card, which is current or expired not more than three years before performance of the notarial act.
(2)Another form of government identification issued to an individual, which is current or expired not more than three years before performance of the notarial act, contains the signature or a photograph of the individual, and is satisfactory to the notarial officer.
b. By a verification on oath or affirmation of a credible witness personally appearing before the officer and known to the notarial officer or whom the notarial officer can identify on the basis of a passport, driver’s license, or government-issued nondriver identification card, which is current or expired not more than three years before performance of the notarial act.
3. A notarial officer may require an individual to provide additional information or identification credentials necessary to assure the officer of the identity of the individual.
2012 Acts, ch 1050, §6, 60
Referred to in §9B.14A, 9B.15