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HOUSE BILL NO. 494 Offered January 13, 2010 Prefiled January 12, 2010 A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Article 3 of Chapter 15 of Title 15.2 a section numbered 15.2-1521.1, relating to civil immunity for local government officers, etc.; notarial acts. ---------- Patrons-- Lingamfelter, Anderson and Torian ---------- Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1.  That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding in Article 4 of Chapter 15 of Title 15.2 a section numbered 15.2-1521.1 as follows:

§ 15.2-1521.1. Civil immunity for officers, employees, and volunteers of local government; notarial acts.

Any officer, employee, or volunteer of a local government who is a commissioned notary public, as defined in § 47.1-2, and is required to perform notarial acts, without compensation, as a condition of his service with a local government, shall not be liable for civil damages for acts or omissions on his part resulting from the performance of such notarial acts in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct.