Delaware has recently enacted provisions to amend its Revised Uniform Law on Notarial Acts. This Act adopts the Uniform Law Commission’s (ULC) Revised Uniform Law on Notarial Acts (Revised Uniform Law)……By: Weiner Brodsky Kider PC
Notarizing Made Easier? Senate Poised to Pass Remote Notarization Act
Since the COVID-19 pandemic upended life as we knew it, the use of remote communication and collaborative technologies have become a permanent addition to everything; from schools to workplaces and everything in between. We’ve found ways to work remotely, learn remotely, even have “happy hours” remotely, but some important life necessities have been more difficult to assimilate into a new remote-enabled world….By: Kohrman Jackson & Krantz LLP
House Committee Passes New Remote Online Notarization Bill
On July, 20222, The Energy and Commerce Committee in the House branch of Congress passed bill H.R. 3962, the “Securing and Enabling Commerce Using Remote and Electronic Notarization Act of 2021. It was introduced by Rep. Madeleine Dean (D-PA) and 32 […]
NC Revives Emergency Remote Notarization, Enacts Permanent Law to Debut in 2023
At the onset of the pandemic, North Carolina (NC) passed a law allowing emergency remote notarization and oaths by live video (e.g., Facetime, WebEx, Zoom). This emergency law had a built-in sunset of August 1, 2020, since the authorization for […]
IRS Further Extends Temporary Relief from the Physical Presence Requirement
On May 13, 2022, the IRS issued Notice 2022-27, which further extends, by six months, from July 1, 2022, to December 31, 2022, the IRS’s previously-granted temporary relief from the “physical presence requirement” otherwise applicable to participant elections made in […]
Maine Extends Remote Notarization Provisions
July 09, 2021 – JDSupra – Weiner Brodsky Kider PC– Maine Extends Remote Notarization Provisions Maine recently enacted H.P. 1033, which, among other things, temporarily extends the state’s remote notarization provisions. H.P. 1033 continues the effects of Executive Order 37 FY 19/20 (EO […]
Oregon Passes Law To Allow Remote Notarizations Permanently
July 02, 2021 – JDSupra – Weiner Brodsky Kider PC– Oregon Makes Remote Notarization Provisions Permanent Oregon recently enacted Senate Bill 765 (S.B. 765), which, in part, amends the state’s notary law to permanently allow remote notarizations. The changes made […]
Massachusetts Extends Virtual Notarization Act
June 22, 2021 – JDSupra – Bowditch & Dewey – Virtual Notarization Act Extended in Massachusetts Virtual notary services will continue in Massachusetts through December 20, 2021, following the extension of the Virtual Notarization Act on June 16th. Originally approved on April […]
Nevada Recently Amends Notarization Fees
June 23, 2021 – JDSupra – Weiner Brodsky Kider PC-Nevada Modifies Certain Notarization Fees Governor Steve Sisolak signed enacted amendments to the notary public statutes to amend fees that notaries public may charge for services and to amend fees to […]
The Secure Notarization Act Is Reintroduced in the U.S. Senate Seeking a National Standard for Remote Online Notarization
May 24, 2021 – JDSupra – Snell & Wilmer– The Secure Notarization Act Is Reintroduced in the U.S. Senate Seeking a National Standard for Remote Online Notarization Since at least 2000, state and federal legislatures have grappled with creating effective, […]