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§ 320. Notification regarding performance of notarial act on electronic record; selection of te...

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 57 Pa.C.S.A. Notaries PublicEffective: October 29, 2020

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated Statutes
Title 57 Pa.C.S.A. Notaries Public
Chapter 3. Revised Uniform Law on Notarial Acts (Refs & Annos)
Effective: October 29, 2020
57 Pa.C.S.A. § 320
§ 320. Notification regarding performance of notarial act on electronic record; selection of technology
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(a) Selection.--A notary public may select one or more tamper-evident technologies to perform notarial acts with respect to electronic records. A person may not require a notary public to perform a notarial act with respect to an electronic record with a technology that the notary public has not selected.
(b) Notice and approval.--
(1) Before a notary public performs the initial notarial act with respect to an electronic record, a notary public shall notify the department that the notary public will be performing notarial acts with respect to electronic records and identify each technology the notary public intends to use.
(2) If the department has established standards for approval of technology under section 327 (relating to regulations), the technology must conform to the standards. If the technology conforms to the standards, the department shall approve the use of the technology.
(c) Certification of tangible copies.--A recorder of deeds may accept for recording a tangible copy of an electronic record containing a notarial certificate as satisfying any requirement that the record be an original, if the notarial officer executing the notarial certificate certifies that the tangible copy is an accurate copy of the electronic record.

Credits

2013, Oct. 9, P.L. 609, No. 73, § 2, effective 180 days after published notice of 57 Pa.C.S.A. § 322 course approval at 47 Pa.B. 2518 on April 29, 2017 [Oct. 26, 2017]. Amended 2020, Oct. 29, P.L. 1030, No. 97, § 3, imd. effective.
57 Pa.C.S.A. § 320, PA ST 57 Pa.C.S.A. § 320
Current through Act 10 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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