§ 44-50-200

In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, (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 the individual or entity identified in the record; (2) 'communication technology' means an electronic device or process that (A) allows a notary public and a remotely located individual to communicate with each other simultaneously by sight and sound; and (B) when necessary and consistent with other applicable law, facilitates communication with a remotely located individual who has a visual, hearing, or speech impairment; (3) 'convicted' or 'conviction' means that the person has entered a plea of guilty, guilty but mentally ill, or nolo contendere, or has been found guilty or guilty but mentally ill by a court or jury; (4) 'electronic' means relating to technology having electrical, digital, magnetic, wireless, optical, electromagnetic, or similar capabilities; (5) 'electronic signature' means an electronic sound, symbol,

ectronic' means relating to technology having electrical, digital, magnetic, wireless, optical, electromagnetic, or similar capabilities; (5) 'electronic signature' means an electronic sound, symbol, or process attached to or logically associated with a record and executed or adopted by an individual with the intent to sign the record; (6) 'identity proofing' means a process or service by which a third person provides a notary public with a means to verify the identity of a remotely located individual by a review of personal information from public or private data sources; (7) 'in a representative capacity' means acting as (A) an authorized officer, agent, partner, trustee, or other representative for a person other than an individual; (B) a public officer, personal representative, guardian, or other representative in the capacity stated in a record; (C) an agent or attorney-in-fact for a principal; or (D) an authorized representative of another in any other capacity; (8) 'notarial act' means an act, whether performed with respect to a tangible or electronic record, that is identified as a notarial act under AS 09.63.120 and an act that a notary public is directed to perform under

' means an act, whether performed with respect to a tangible or electronic record, that is identified as a notarial act under AS 09.63.120 and an act that a notary public is directed to perform under AS 44.50.060; (9) 'notarial officer' means a notary public or other individual authorized to perform a notarial act; (10) 'notary public' means a person commissioned to perform notarial acts under this chapter; (11) 'record' means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form; (12) 'remotely located individual' means an individual who is not in the physical presence of a notary public who performs a notarial act under AS 44.50.075; (13) 'sign' means, with present intent to authenticate or adopt a record, to (A) execute or adopt a tangible symbol; or (B) attach to or logically associate with the record an electronic symbol, sound, or process; (14) 'signature' means a tangible symbol or an electronic signature that evidences the signing of a record.