NOTARIES PUBLIC
- Appointment and Practice
- 240.010 - Appointment by Secretary of State; cancellation of appointment; unlawful acts; injunctive relief.
- 240.015 - General qualifications; expiration of appointment after termination of lawful admission for permanent residency in United States; conditions for appointment of resident of adjoining state.
- 240.017 - Regulations of Secretary of State.
- 240.018 - Courses of study for mandatory training of notaries public; fees; persons required to enroll in and successfully complete course of study; Notary Public Training Fund.
- 240.020 - Powers limited to areas within this State; term of office.
- 240.030 - Application for appointment; oath and bond; additional requirements for resident of adjoining state; commencement of term; fee for original, duplicate or amended certificate of appointment.
- 240.031 - Annual submission of copy of business license by resident of adjoining state.
- 240.033 - Requirements for bond; notification of exhaustion of penal sum; release of surety; suspension of appointment; reinstatement of appointment.
- 240.036 - Amended certificate of appointment: Required for certain changes in information; suspension for failure to obtain; fee; issuance.
- 240.040 - Use of stamp; embossed notarial seal not required; requirements of stamp.
- 240.045 - Replacement of lost or inoperable stamp; prerequisite to production of stamp.
- 240.051 - Actions required upon resignation or death of notary public.
- 240.060 - Powers of notary public.
- 240.063 - Evidentiary effect of signature; limitations on evidentiary effect of certification of documents.
- 240.065 - Restrictions on powers of notary public; exception.
- 240.075 - Prohibited acts.
- 240.085 - Advertisements in language other than English to contain notice if notary public is not an attorney; penalties.
- 240.100 - Fees for services; additional fees for travel expenses; notarial acts performed within and outside scope of employment.
- 240.110 - Posting of table of fees.
- 240.120 - Journal of notarial acts: Duty to maintain; contents; verification based upon credible witness; copy of entry; period of retention; report of loss or theft; exceptions.
- 240.130 - Only authorized fees to be charged.
- 240.143 - Unlawful possession of certain personal property of notary public.
- 240.145 - Unlawful reproduction or use of completed notarial certificate; penalty.
- 240.147 - Unlawful destruction, defacement or concealment of notarial record.
- 240.150 - Liability for misconduct or neglect; liability of employer; penalties for willful violation or neglect of duty; procedure upon revocation or suspension.
- 240.155 - Notarization of signature of person not in presence of notary public unlawful; penalty.
- Electronic Notary Public Authorization Act
- 240.181 - Short title.
- 240.182 - Definitions.
- 240.183 - “Electronic” defined.
- 240.184 - “Electronic document” defined.
- 240.185 - “Electronic notarial act” defined.
- 240.186 - “Electronic notary public” defined.
- 240.187 - “Electronic seal” defined.
- 240.188 - “Electronic signature” defined.
- 240.189 - Applicability.
- 240.191 - Appointment by Secretary of State; cancellation of appointment; unlawful acts; injunctive relief.
- 240.192 - Application for appointment; oath and bond; additional requirements for resident of adjoining state; commencement of term; fee for original, duplicate or amended certificate of appointment.
- 240.193 - Requirements for bond; notification of exhaustion of penal sum; release of surety; suspension of appointment; reinstatement of appointment.
- 240.194 - Term of office; suspension of appointment by operation of law; changes of information.
- 240.195 - Courses of study required; persons required to successfully complete course of study; fees.
- 240.196 - Powers of electronic notary public.
- 240.197 - Fees for services; additional fees for travel expenses; notarial acts performed within and outside scope of employment.
- 240.198 - Notarization of signature of person not in presence of notary public unlawful; penalty; notarization of certain electronic documents prohibited; powers limited to areas within this State.
- 240.199 - Evidence of electronic notarial act.
- 240.201 - Duty to keep journal of electronic notarial acts; suspension of appointment for failure to produce journal entry; delivery of notarial records to Secretary of State upon resignation, revocat
- 240.202 - Use of electronic signature and electronic seal; safeguarding of electronic signature, electronic seal and notarial records; maintenance of technology or device used to create electronic sig
- 240.203 - Notice to Secretary of State of resignation or death of notary public or revocation or expiration of appointment; duty to erase, delete, destroy or otherwise render ineffective the notary’s
- 240.204 - Unlawful acts.
- 240.205 - Authentication of signature of electronic notary public by Secretary of State.
- General Provisions
- 240.001 - Definitions.
- 240.002 - “Acknowledgment” defined.
- 240.0025 - “Credible witness” defined.
- 240.003 - “In a representative capacity” defined.
- 240.0035 - “Jurat” defined.
- 240.004 - “Notarial act” defined.
- 240.005 - “Notarial officer” defined.
- 240.0055 - “Notarial record” defined.
- 240.007 - Information and documents filed with or obtained by Secretary of State: Public examination; confidentiality; disclosure.
- Uniform Law on Notarial Acts
- 240.161 - Short title; uniformity of application and construction.
- 240.1635 - Notarial acts in this State.
- 240.164 - Notarial acts in other jurisdictions of United States.
- 240.1645 - Notarial acts under federal authority.
- 240.165 - Foreign notarial acts.
- 240.1655 - Notarial acts.
- 240.1657 - Authentication of signature of notarial officer by Secretary of State.
- 240.166 - Short form for acknowledgment in individual capacity.
- 240.1663 - Short form for administering oath or affirmation of office.
- 240.1665 - Short form for acknowledgment in representative capacity.
- 240.1667 - Short form for acknowledgment containing power of attorney.
- 240.167 - Short form for execution of jurat.
- 240.168 - Short form for certifying copy of document.
- 240.1685 - Short form for jurat of subscribing witness.
- 240.169 - Short form for acknowledgment of credible witness.