Section 12 – Fees and notice.
Effective 11/1/2019 46-1-12. Fees and notice. (1) (a) Except as provided in Subsection (1)(b), the maximum fees a notary may charge for notarial acts are: (i) for an acknowledgment, $10 per signature; (ii) for a certified copy, $10 per page certified; (iii) for a jurat, $10 per signature; (iv) for an oath or affirmation without […]
Section 13 – Notary journal.
Effective 11/1/2019 46-1-13. Notary journal. (1) A notary may keep, maintain, and protect as a public record, and provide for lawful inspection a chronological, permanently bound official journal of notarial acts, containing numbered pages. (2) A remote notary shall keep a secure electronic journal of each remote notarization the notary performs. Amended by Chapter 192, […]
Section 3 – Qualifications — Application for notarial commission required — Term.
Effective 7/1/2021 46-1-3. Qualifications — Application for notarial commission required — Term. (1) Except as provided in Subsection (4), and subject to Section 46-1-3.5, the lieutenant governor shall commission as a notary any qualified individual who submits an application in accordance with this chapter. (2) To qualify for a notarial commission an individual shall: (a) […]
Section 3.5 – Remote notary qualifications — Application — Authority.
Effective 11/1/2019 46-1-3.5. Remote notary qualifications — Application — Authority. (1) An individual commissioned as a notary, or an individual applying to be commissioned as a notary, under Section 46-1-3 may apply to the lieutenant governor for a remote notary certification under this section. (2) The lieutenant governor shall certify an individual to perform remote […]
Section 3.6 – Remote notarization procedures.
Effective 11/1/2019 46-1-3.6. Remote notarization procedures. (1) A remote notary who receives a remote notary certification under Section 46-1-3.5 may perform a remote notarization if the remote notary is physically located in this state. (2) A remote notary that performs a remote notarization for an individual that is not personally known to the remote notary […]
Section 3.7 – Rulemaking authority for remote notarization.
Effective 11/1/2019 46-1-3.7. Rulemaking authority for remote notarization. (1) The director of elections in the Office of the Lieutenant Governor may make rules in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, regarding standards for and types of: (a) electronic software and hardware that a remote notary may use to: (i) perform a […]
Section 4 – Bond.
Effective 11/1/2019 46-1-4. Bond. (1) A notarial commission is not effective until: (a) the notary named in the commission takes a constitutional oath of office and files a $5,000 bond with the lieutenant governor that: (i) a licensed surety executes for a term of four years beginning on the commission’s effective date and ending on […]
Section 6 – Powers and limitations.
Effective 11/1/2019 46-1-6. Powers and limitations. (1) A notary may perform the following acts: (a) a jurat; (b) an acknowledgment; (c) a signature witnessing; (d) a copy certification; and (e) an oath or affirmation. (2) A notary may not: (a) perform an act as a notary that is not described in Subsection (1); or (b) […]
Section 6.5 – Form of notarial certificate for document notarizations.
Effective 11/1/2019 46-1-6.5. Form of notarial certificate for document notarizations. (1) A correctly completed affidavit in substantially the form described in this section, that is included in or attached to a document, is sufficient for the completion of a notarization under this Title 46, Chapter 1, Notaries Public Reform Act. (2) (a) A notary shall […]