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§39-4-11. Notarial Act in Another State

(a) A notarial act performed in another state has the same effect under the law of this state as if performed by a notarial officer of this state, if the act performed in that state is performed by: (1) A notary public of that state;

§39-4-4. Authority to Perform Notarial Act

(a) A notarial officer may perform a notarial act authorized by this article or by law of this state other than this article. (b) A notarial officer may not perform a notarial act with respect to a record to which the officer or the officer's spouse is a party, or in which either of them […]

§39-4-5. Requirements for Certain Notarial Acts

(a) A notarial officer who takes an acknowledgment of a record shall determine, from personal knowledge or satisfactory evidence of the identity of the individual, that the individual appearing before the officer and making the acknowledgment has the identity claimed and that the signature on the record is the signature of the individual. (b) A […]

§39-4-6. Personal Appearance Required

(a) If a notarial act relates to a statement made in or a signature executed on a record, the individual making the statement or executing the signature shall appear personally before the notarial officer, unless the individual making the statement or executing the signature appears personally by communication technology, as provided in 39-4-37 or 39-4-38 […]

§39-4-2. Definitions

In this article: (1) "Acknowledgment" means a declaration by an individual before a notarial officer that the individual has signed a record for the purpose stated in the record and, if the record is signed in a representative capacity, that the individual signed the record with proper authority and signed it as the act of […]

§39-4-3. Applicability; Operative Date of Enactment; Effect on Existing Law

(a) This article applies to a notarial act performed on or after July 1, 2014. (b) The repeal of chapter twenty-nine-c of this code and the repeal of articles four, chapter twenty-nine and one-a, chapter thirty-nine of this code and the amendment and reenactment of section two, article one, chapter fifty-nine of this code, pursuant […]