§49-205. Authority to perform remote online notarial acts.

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AUTHORITY TO PERFORM REMOTE ONLINE NOTARIAL ACTS. A notary public physically located in this state and authorized to perform remote online notarizations under Section 5 of this act may perform

a notarial act by means of communication technology for a remotely located individual who is physically located:

1. In this state;

2. Outside this state but not outside the United States; or

3. Outside the United States if:

a. the electronic record:

(1)is to be filed with or relates to a matter before

a court, governmental entity, public official or

other entity subject to the jurisdiction of the

United States, or

(2)involves property located in the territorial

jurisdiction of the United States or a

transaction substantially connected to the United

States, and

b. the notary public has no actual knowledge that the act

of making the statement or signing the electronic

record is prohibited by the foreign state in which the

remotely located individual is located. Added by Laws 2019, c. 338, § 6, eff. Jan. 1, 2020.