§39-4-20. Commission as Notary Public; Qualifications; No Immunity or Benefit; Disposition of Fees
(a) An individual qualified under subsection (b) of this section may apply to the Secretary of State for a commission as a notary public through the Secretary of State’s online notary system. The applicant shall comply with and provide the information required by rules promulgated by the Secretary of State and pay any application fee. […]
§39-4-21. Grounds to Deny, Refuse to Renew, Revoke, Suspend, or Condition Commission of Notary Public
(a) The Secretary of State may deny, refuse to renew, revoke, suspend or impose a condition on a commission as notary public for any act or omission that demonstrates the individual lacks the honesty, integrity, competence, or reliability to act as a notary public, including: (1) Failure to comply with this article;
§39-4-22. Database of Notaries Public
(a) The Secretary of State shall maintain an electronic database of notaries public: (1) Through which a person may verify the authority of a notary public to perform notarial acts; and
§39-4-12. Notarial Act Under Authority of Federally Recognized Indian Tribe
(a) A notarial act performed under the authority and in the jurisdiction of a federally recognized Indian tribe has the same effect as if performed by a notarial officer of this state, if the act performed in the jurisdiction of the tribe is performed by: (1) A notary public of the tribe;
§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 […]
§39-4-6a. Remote Acknowledgements and Notarizations Under Covid-19 Executive Order Deemed Valid
Acknowledgements and notarizations performed by means of remote communication technology, pursuant to section 6 of the Governors Executive Order 11-20 effective March 25, 2020, by which the Governor suspended the provisions of 39-4-6 of the code applicable to court reporters and other notaries, are deemed to be valid and cured of any defect from failure […]
§39-4-7. Identification of Individual
(a) A notarial officer has personal knowledge of the identity of an individual appearing before the officer if the individual is personally known to the officer through dealings sufficient to provide reasonable certainty that the individual has the identity claimed. (b) A notarial officer has satisfactory evidence of the identity of an individual appearing before […]
§39-4-8. Authority to Refuse to Perform Notarial Act
(a) A notarial officer may refuse to perform a notarial act if the officer is not satisfied that: (1) The individual executing the record is competent or has the capacity to execute the record; or