House Bill 539

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Title AN ACT relating to notaries public.
Bill Documents Introduced
Bill Request Number 1523
Sponsor B. Linder
Summary of Original Version Create new sections of KRS Chapter 423 to define various terms; limit the applicability to notarial acts performed on or after the effective date of this Act; allow a notarial officer to perform a notarial act in Kentucky; outline requirements for certain notarial acts; require a personal appearance before a notarial officer; specify the requirements of identifying an individual before a notarial officer; allow a notarial officer to refuse to perform a notarial act; state who may perform a notarial act in Kentucky; recognize notarial acts performed in other states; recognize notarial acts performed in federally recognized Indian tribes under federal law, and in foreign countries; allow a notary public to perform a notarial act by means of communication technology; require a notarial act to be evidenced by a certificate; provide short form certificates for use by notarial officers; outline the requirements for an official stamp of a notary public; assign responsibility of the notary public's stamping device to the notary public; require a notary public to maintain a journal chronicling all notarial acts performed by that notary public; require a notary public to notify the Secretary of State that the notary public will be performing notarial acts with respect to electronic records; outline the necessary requirements to be a notary public; establish an examination based on a course of study approved by the Secretary of State; outline grounds for suspending, denying, or revoking a commission as a notary public; require the Secretary of State to maintain an electronic database of notaries public; detail prohibited acts; establish the validity of notarial acts; allow the Secretary of State to promulgate administrative regulations; require all commissions occurring after the effective date of this Act to comply with Sections 1 to 30 of this Act; state that Sections 1 to 30 of this Act modifies, limits, and supersedes the Electronic Signatures In Global and National Commerce Act; amend KRS 369.103 to allow electronic signatures on transactions relating to the conveyance of interests in real property and the creation or transfer of negotiable instruments; repeal KRS 423.010, 423.020, 423.030, 423.040, 423.050, 423.060, 423.070, 423.080, 423.110, 423.130, 423.140, 423.150, 423.160, 423.170, 423.180, 423.190, 423.200, and 423.990.
Index Headings of Original Version Deeds and Conveyances - Real property interest, electronic signatures
Negotiable Instruments - Creation or transfer, electronic signatures allowed
Notaries - Commissioning, compliance, Revised Uniform Law on Notarial Acts
Secretary of State - Notaries public, examination of required
Administrative Regulations and Proceedings - Notaries public, examination, promulgation regarding
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02/17/17
  • introduced in House
02/21/17
  • to Local Government (H)
02/24/17
  • posted in committee
03/01/17
  • reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
03/02/17
  • 2nd reading, to Rules
  • posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Friday, March 3, 2017
03/03/17
  • 3rd reading, passed 95-1
03/06/17
  • received in Senate
03/07/17
  • to State & Local Government (S)
  • taken from State & Local Government (S)
  • 1st reading
  • returned to State & Local Government (S)
03/08/17
  • taken from State & Local Government (S)
  • 2nd reading
  • returned to State & Local Government (S)


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