REGISTRATION REQUIRED. A. A notary public appointed and commissioned under Section 1 of Title 49 of the Oklahoma Statutes may perform remote online notarizations under Title 49 of the Oklahoma Statutes if authorized by the Secretary of State. Before a notary public performs the notary public’s initial remote online notarization, the notary public shall register […]
AUTHORITY TO PERFORM REMOTE ONLINE NOTARIAL ACTS. A notary public physically located in this state and authorized to perform remote online notarizations under Section 5 of this act may perform a notarial act by means of communication technology for a remotely located individual who is physically located: 1. In this state; 2. Outside this state […]
ELECTRONIC RECORD OF REMOTE ONLINE NOTARIAL ACTS. A. A notary public shall maintain a journal in a permanent, tamper-evident electronic format complying with standards promulgated by the Secretary of State in which the notary public chronicles all remote online notarial acts that the notary public performs. An entry in a journal shall be made contemporaneously […]
USE OF ELECTRONIC SIGNATURE AND SEAL. A. In performing a remote online notarial act, a notary public shall attach or logically associate the notary public’s electronic signature and electronic seal to the certificate of notarial act in a tamper-evident format. The electronic seal shall be capable of being copied together with the electronic record to […]
REMOTE ONLINE NOTARIZATION PROCEDURES. A. Before performing a remote online notarial act, a notary public shall: 1. Reasonably identify the electronic record before the notary public as the same electronic record in which the principal made a statement or on which the principal executed or adopted an electronic signature; and 2. Take reasonable steps to […]
FEES. A notary public, or a person acting for or on behalf of a notary public, may charge and collect a fee not to exceed Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) for a remote online notarial act. Added by Laws 2019, c. 338, § 10, eff. Jan. 1, 2020.
TERMINATION OF NOTARY PUBLIC’S COMMISSION. A. Except as provided by subsection B of this section, a notary public authorized to perform remote online notarial acts whose commission is terminated or revoked shall destroy the coding, disk, certificate, card, software or password that enables the notary public to attach or logically associate the notary public’s electronic […]
LEGAL RECOGNITION OF REMOTE ONLINE NOTARIAL ACTS. A. A remote online notarization under this act satisfies any requirement of law of this state that a principal appear before, appear personally before, or be in the physical presence of a notary public at the time of the performance of the notarial act. B. A notary public’s […]
VALIDITY OF REMOTE ONLINE NOTARIAL ACTS. The failure of a notary public to perform a duty or meet a requirement specified in this act does not invalidate a remote online notarial act performed by the notary public. The validity of a remote online notarial act under this act does not prevent an aggrieved person from […]
APPLICABLE LAW; CONFLICT OF LAWS. A. The validity of a remote online notarization performed under the Remote Online Notary Act is determined by applying the laws of this state, regardless of the physical location of the principal at the time of the remote online notarization. B. In the event of a conflict between a provision […]
RELATION TO ELECTRONIC SIGNATURES IN GLOBAL AND NATIONAL COMMERCE ACT. The Remote Online Notary Act modifies, limits and supersedes the federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act (15 U.S.C. Section 7001, et seq.) but does not modify, limit or supersede Section 101(c) of that act (15 U.S.C. Section 7001(c)) or authorize electronic delivery […]
Blanks for bonds and oath of office shall be made available on the website of the Secretary of State. R.L. 1910, § 4242. Added by Laws 2015, c. 9, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2015.
A. Every notary shall obtain a notarial seal containing the words “State of Oklahoma” and “Notary Public” and the notary’s name. This seal may be either a metal seal which leaves an embossed impression or a rubber stamp used in conjunction with a stamp pad and ink. Each notary shall authenticate all official acts, attestations, […]
A. Notaries public shall have authority within any county in this state to make the proof and acknowledgement of deeds and other instruments of writing required to be proved or acknowledged; to administer oaths; to demand acceptance or payment of foreign or inland bills of exchange and promissory notes, and protest the same for nonacceptance […]
Any individual convicted of violating subsection B of Section 6 of Title 49 of the Oklahoma Statutes shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be subject to a fine not to exceed One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00). Upon receipt of a final judgment against a notary public for a violation of subsection B of Section […]
In cases of protests for banks, notaries shall keep a register thereof in a book provided for that purpose by the bank, and the notary shall not be required to deliver such register to the county clerk, but shall leave the same in the possession of such bank. R.L. 1910, § 4246.
