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SB 270 Notaries; shall not perform notarial acts to which he or his spouse is a party, exceptions.

Introduced by: Thomas K. Norment, Jr. | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles | history

SUMMARY AS PASSED:

Fiduciaries; permission to notarize.  Clarifies that a notary named in a document for the purposes of receiving notices or as a fiduciary shall not be disqualified from notarizing the document for that reason alone. Currently, a notary so named is prohibited from acting as a notary, regardless of whether he is a party to or has a beneficial interest in the document. The bill also repeals the provision requiring those commissioned as electronic notaries to be sworn in twice, once as a notary and once as an electronic notary.

SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE:

Fiduciaries; permission to notarize a will.  Clarifies that a notary nominated as a fiduciary in a will shall not be disqualified from notarizing a will if he is only named in it for the purpose of being nominated as a fiduciary. Currently, a fiduciary who is named in a will is prohibited from action as a notary, whether or not he is a party to or has a beneficial interest in the will. The bill also repeals the provision requiring those commissioned as electronic notaries to be sworn in twice, once as a notary and once as an electronic notary.

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Fiduciaries; permission to notarize a will.  Clarifies that a notary nominated as a fiduciary in a will shall not be disqualified from notarizing a will if he is only named in it for the purpose of being nominated as a fiduciary. Currently, a fiduciary who is named in a will is prohibited from acting as a notary, whether or not he is a party to or has a beneficial interest in the will.