RCW 42.45.020
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(1)A notarial officer may perform a notarial act authorized by this chapter or by law of this state other than this chapter.
(2)(a) A notarial officer may not perform a notarial act with respect to a record to which the officer or the officer's spouse or domestic partner is a party, or in which any of the above have a direct beneficial interest.
(b)A notarial officer may not notarize the notarial officer's own signature.
(c)A notarial act performed in violation of this subsection
(2)is voidable.
(3)A notarial officer may certify that a tangible copy of an electronic record is an accurate copy of the electronic record.
[ 2019 c 154 s 2 ; 2017 c 281 s 4 .]
Notes:
Effective date — 2019 c 154: See note following RCW 42.45.280 .