(a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.

(b) “Acknowledgment” means a declaration by an individual before a notarial officer that:

(c) “Communication technology” means an electronic device or process that:

(d) “Credential analysis” means a process or service by which a third party confirms the validity of an identification credential by a review of public or private data sources.

(e) “Electronic” means technology having electrical, digital, magnetic, wireless, optical, electromagnetic, or similar capabilities.

(f) “Electronic signature” means an electronic symbol, sound, or process attached to or logically associated with a record and executed or adopted by an individual with the intent to sign the record.

(g) “Foreign state” means a jurisdiction other than the United States, a state, or a federally recognized Indian tribe.

(h) “Identity proofing” means a process or service by which a third party 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.

(i) “In a representative capacity” means acting as:

(k) “Notarial officer” means a notary public or other individual authorized to perform a notarial act.

(l) “Notary public” means an individual appointed and commissioned to perform a notarial act.

(m) “Official stamp” means:

(n) “Record” means information that is:

(o) “Remote presentation” means transmission to a notary public through communication technology of an image of an identification credential that is of sufficient quality to enable the notary public to reasonably identify the individual and to perform credential analysis.

(p) “Remotely located individual” means an individual who is not in the physical presence of the notary public who performs a notarial act.

(q) “Sign” means, with present intent to authenticate or adopt a record, to:

(r) “Signature” means a tangible symbol or an electronic signature that evidences the signing of a record.

(s) “Stamping device” means:

(t) “Verification on oath or affirmation” means a declaration made by an individual on oath or affirmation before a notarial officer that a statement in a record is true or that a remotely located individual has the identity claimed.