18-1-11.2. Notarial act--Remote online notarization--Requirements.A notarial officer in this state, while located in this state, may perform a notarial act executed on an electronic record by a person not in the physical presence of the notarial officer but observed by the notarial officer through means of video communication technology if the notarial officer:(1)Has personal knowledge, by means of two different methods of identity proofing, that the person has the identity being claimed;(2)Affixes the notarial officer's signature to the electronic record executed by the person;(3)Indicates the remote location of the person executing the document in the notarial certificate pursuant to §18-4-30;(4)Indicates in the notarial certificate pursuant to §18-4-30 that the notarial act involved a statement made or a signature executed by a person not in the physical presence of the notarial officer, but appearing by means of video communication technology, and a tamper-evident electronic notarization system; and(5)Creates an audio-visual copy of the performance of the notarial act. Source: SL 2024, ch 71, §4.
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