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MO Rev Stat § 486.902 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXII - Courts|Chapter 486 - Commissioners of Deeds and Notaries Public|Section 486.902 - Controlling law.

Effective - 28 Aug 2020   486.902. Controlling law. — Sections 486.900 to 486.1010 supplement the provisions of sections 486.600 to 486.825 for in-person electronic notarial acts. To the extent sections 486.600 to 486.825 are inconsistent with sections 486.900 to 486.1010, the provisions of 486.900 to 486.1010 control regarding the performance of in-person electronic notarial acts. ­­-------- (L. 2020 H.B. 1655)
MO Rev Stat § 486.905 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXII - Courts|Chapter 486 - Commissioners of Deeds and Notaries Public|Section 486.905 - Electronic notaries, commission, registration.

Effective - 28 Aug 2020   486.905. Electronic notaries, commission, registration. — 1. Prior to performing electronic notarial acts, a person shall apply to be a commissioned notary for the state of Missouri.  2. A notary shall register the capability to perform electronic notarial acts with the secretary before notarizing electronically.  3. Upon recommissioning, a notary shall again register with the secretary before notarizing electronically.  4. A person may apply or reapply for a notary commission and register or reregister to perform electronic notarial acts at the same time. ­­-------- (L. 2020 H.B. 1655)
MO Rev Stat § 486.910 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXII - Courts|Chapter 486 - Commissioners of Deeds and Notaries Public|Section 486.910 - Course of instruction required.

Effective - 28 Aug 2020   486.910. Course of instruction required. — 1. Before initially registering the capability to perform electronic notarial acts, an electronic notary shall complete a course of instruction as approved by the secretary, in addition to the course required for commissioning as a notary, and pass an examination based on the course.  2. The content of the course shall be notarial laws, procedures, and ethics pertaining to electronic notarization. ­­-------- (L. 2020 H.B. 1655)
MO Rev Stat § 486.915 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXII - Courts|Chapter 486 - Commissioners of Deeds and Notaries Public|Section 486.915 - Term of registration.

Effective - 28 Aug 2020   486.915. Term of registration. — The term of registration of an electronic notary public shall begin on the registration starting date set by the secretary and shall continue as long as the notary's commission remains in effect or until registration is terminated pursuant to subsection 1 of section 486.1005. ­­-------- (L. 2020 H.B. 1655)
MO Rev Stat § 486.920 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXII - Courts|Chapter 486 - Commissioners of Deeds and Notaries Public|Section 486.920 - Electronic registration form, contents — denial of registration, when — confidentiality of records.

Effective - 28 Aug 2020   486.920. Electronic registration form, contents — denial of registration, when — confidentiality of records. — 1. To register the capability to perform electronic notarial acts, a notary shall electronically sign and submit to the secretary an electronic form prescribed by the secretary that includes:  (1) Proof of successful completion of the courses and examinations required by sections 486.630 and 486.910;  (2) The following information:  (a) A description of each separate means that will be used to produce electronic signatures and electronic notary seals;  (b) Any keys, codes, software, decrypting instructions, or graphics that will allow the electronic signatures and seals produced by the means described in paragraph (a) of this subdivision to be verified;  (c) The names of any licensed authorities issuing the means for producing the electronic signatures and seals, the source of each license, and the starting and expiration dates of each pertinent certificate, software, or process;  (d) An explanation of any revocation, annulment, or other premature termination of any certificate, software, or process ever issued or registered to the applicant to produce an electronic signature or seal; and  (e) A declaration that the notary public will use the means issued or authorized for issuance by the secretary for producing an electronic notary seal; and  (3) The access instructions that will allow the electronic journal of notarial acts as described in section 486.700 to be viewed, printed, and copied.  2. Pursuant to this section, a notary public may register at the same or different times one or more respective means for producing electronic signatures and electronic notary seals, or single elements combining the required features of both, consistent with the requirements cited elsewhere in this chapter.  3. The secretary shall deny registration to any applicant submitting an electronic registration form that contains a material misstatement or omission of fact.  4. Information in the registration form of an electronic notary public shall be used by the secretary and designated state employees only for the purpose of performing official duties, shall be a closed record as described in chapter 610, and shall not be disclosed to any person other than:  (1) A government agent acting in an official capacity and duly authorized to obtain such information;  (2) A person authorized by court order; or  (3) The registrant or the registrant's duly authorized agent. ­­-------- (L. 2020 H.B. 1655)
MO Rev Stat § 486.925 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXII - Courts|Chapter 486 - Commissioners of Deeds and Notaries Public|Section 486.925 - Electronic notarial acts authorized.

Effective - 28 Aug 2020   486.925. Electronic notarial acts authorized. — The following notarial acts may be performed electronically:  (1) Acknowledgment;  (2) Jurat;  (3) Signature witnessing; and  (4) Copy certification. ­­-------- (L. 2020 H.B. 1655)
MO Rev Stat § 486.930 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXII - Courts|Chapter 486 - Commissioners of Deeds and Notaries Public|Section 486.930 - Electronic notarization, principal requirements.

Effective - 28 Aug 2020   486.930. Electronic notarization, principal requirements. — 1. An electronic notary shall perform an electronic notarization only if the principal:  (1) Is in the presence of the notary at the time of notarization;  (2) Is personally known to the notary or identified by the notary through satisfactory evidence;  (3) Appears to understand the nature of the transaction;  (4) Appears to be acting of his or her own free will;  (5) Communicates directly with the notary in a language both understand; and  (6) Reasonably establishes the electronic signature as his or her own.  2. In performing electronic notarial acts, an electronic notary shall adhere to all applicable laws governing notarial acts provided in this chapter. ­­-------- (L. 2020 H.B. 1655)
MO Rev Stat § 486.935 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXII - Courts|Chapter 486 - Commissioners of Deeds and Notaries Public|Section 486.935 - Electronic notarial certificate, contents, wording.

Effective - 28 Aug 2020   486.935. Electronic notarial certificate, contents, wording. — 1. In performing an electronic notarial act, the electronic notary shall properly complete an electronic notarial certificate.  2. A proper electronic notarial certificate shall contain:  (1) Completed wording appropriate to the particular electronic notarial act, as prescribed in subsection 3 of this section;  (2) A registered electronic signature; and  (3) A registered electronic notary seal, which shall include:  (a) The name of the electronic notary fully and exactly as it is spelled on the notary's commissioning document;  (b) The jurisdiction that commissioned and registered the electronic notary;  (c) The title "Electronic Notary Public";  (d) The commission or registration number of the electronic notary; and  (e) The commission expiration date of the electronic notary.  3. The wording of an electronic notarial certificate shall be in a form that:  (1) Is set forth in sections 486.740 to 486.750;  (2) Is otherwise prescribed by the law of this state;  (3) Is prescribed by a law, regulation, or custom of another jurisdiction, provided it does not require actions by the electronic notary that are unauthorized by this state; or  (4) Describes the actions of the electronic notary in such a manner as to meet the requirements of the particular notarial act, as defined in section 486.600 or 486.900.  4. An electronic notarial certificate shall be worded and completed using only letters, characters, and a language that are read, written, and understood by the electronic notary. ­­-------- (L. 2020 H.B. 1655)
MO Rev Stat § 486.940 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXII - Courts|Chapter 486 - Commissioners of Deeds and Notaries Public|Section 486.940 - Electronic signature and seal, requirements — employers, restrictions.

Effective - 28 Aug 2020   486.940. Electronic signature and seal, requirements — employers, restrictions. — 1. In notarizing an electronic document, the notary shall attach to, or logically associate with, the electronic notarial certificate a registered electronic signature and a registered electronic notary seal, or a registered single element in conformity with subsection 2 of this section, in such a manner that the signature and the seal, or the single element, are attributed to the electronic notary as named on the commission.  2. A registered electronic signature shall be:  (1) Unique to the electronic notary;  (2) Capable of independent verification;  (3) Attached to or logically associated with an electronic notarial certificate in such a manner that any subsequent alteration of the certificate or underlying electronic document prominently displays evidence of the alteration; and  (4) Attached or logically associated by a means under the electronic notary's sole control.  3. At all times the means for producing registered electronic notary seals, or registered single elements as described in subsection 2 of this section, shall be kept under the sole control of the electronic notary.  4. An employer of an electronic notary shall not use or control the means for producing registered electronic signatures and notary seals, or registered single elements combining the required features of both, nor upon termination of a notary's employment retain any software, coding, disk, certificate, card, token, or program that is intended exclusively to produce a registered electronic signature, notary seal, or combined single element, regardless of whether the employer financially supported the employee's activities as a notary.  5. A registered electronic signature may be used by the electronic notary for lawful purposes other than performing electronic notarizations, provided that neither the title "notary" nor any other indication of status as a notarial officer is part of the signature.  6. Neither a registered electronic notary seal nor a combined single element containing the seal shall be used by the electronic notary for any purpose other than performing lawful electronic notarizations. ­­-------- (L. 2020 H.B. 1655)
MO Rev Stat § 486.945 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXII - Courts|Chapter 486 - Commissioners of Deeds and Notaries Public|Section 486.945 - Journal of notarial acts, requirements.

Effective - 28 Aug 2020   486.945. Journal of notarial acts, requirements. — 1. An electronic notary shall keep, maintain, protect, and provide for lawful inspection a chronological journal of notarial acts that is a permanently bound book with numbered pages.  2. If a notary is registered as an electronic notary:  (1) The notary shall keep an electronic journal of electronic notarial acts as described in section 486.950; and  (2) The notary shall keep a record of electronic notarial acts in the permanently bound journal.  3. A notary shall maintain only one active permanently bound journal at the same time, except that a backup of each active and inactive electronic journal shall be retained by the notary in accordance with subdivision (3) of subsection 1 of section 486.950 if each respective original electronic journal is retained.  4. A notary shall keep the permanently bound journal for a period of no less than ten years from the date of the last entry. ­­-------- (L. 2020 H.B. 1655)
MO Rev Stat § 486.947 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXII - Courts|Chapter 486 - Commissioners of Deeds and Notaries Public|Section 486.947 - Journal recordings.

Effective - 28 Aug 2020   486.947. Journal recordings. — 1. For every electronic notarial act, the electronic notary shall record in the electronic journal at the time of notarization the following:  (1) The date and time of day of the electronic notarial act;  (2) The type of electronic notarial act;  (3) The type, title, or a description of the document or proceeding;  (4) The signature, printed name, and address of each principal;  (5) The printed name and address of each requester of fact;  (6) The evidence of identity of each principal in the form of either:  (a) A statement that the person is personally known to the notary;  (b) A notation of the type of identification document, the issuing agency, the serial or identification number, and the date of issuance or expiration;  (c) The handwritten signature and the name and address of each credible witness swearing or affirming to the principal's identity, and for credible witnesses who are not personally known to the notary, a description of the identification documents relied on by the notary; or  (d) In the case of an electronic journal, a recognized biometric identifier, in accordance with subdivision (4) of subsection 1 of section 486.950;  (7) The fee, if any, charged for the electronic notarial act;  (8) The address where the electronic notarial act was performed, if not the address of the notary's regular place of work or business; and  (9) The name of any authority issuing or registering the means used to create the electronic signature that was notarized, the source of this authority's license, if any, and the expiration date of the electronic process.  2. An electronic notary shall not record a Social Security number or credit card number in the journal.  3. An electronic notary may record in the journal the circumstances for not performing or completing any requested electronic notarial act.  4. As required in subdivision (4) of subsection 2 of section 486.745, a notary shall append to the pertinent entry in the journal a notation of the nature and date of the notary's correction of a completed notarial certificate corresponding to the entry. ­­-------- (L. 2020 H.B. 1655)
MO Rev Stat § 486.950 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXII - Courts|Chapter 486 - Commissioners of Deeds and Notaries Public|Section 486.950 - Additional requirements for electronic journal of electronic notarial acts and electronic notaries.

Effective - 28 Aug 2020   486.950. Additional requirements for electronic journal of electronic notarial acts and electronic notaries. — 1. An electronic journal of electronic notarial acts shall:  (1) Allow journal entries to be made, viewed, printed, and copied only after access is obtained by a procedure that uses two factors of authentication;  (2) Not allow a journal entry to be deleted or altered in content or sequence by the electronic notary or any other person after a record of the electronic notarization is entered and stored, except that an entry may be deleted if the retention period set forth in subsection 4 of this section has passed;  (3) Have a backup system in place to provide a duplicate record of electronic notarial acts as a precaution in the event of loss of the original record;  (4) Be capable of capturing and storing the image of a handwritten or electronic signature and the data related to one other type of recognized biometric identifier; and  (5) Be capable of printing and providing electronic copies of any entry, including images of handwritten signatures and the data related to the other selected type of recognized biometric identifier.  2. In maintaining an electronic journal of electronic notarial acts, an electronic notary public shall comply with the applicable prescriptions and prohibitions regarding the copying, security, surrender, and disposition of a journal as set forth in sections 486.710 to 486.715 and sections 486.795 to 486.800.  3. Every electronic notary public maintaining an electronic journal of electronic notarial acts pursuant to section 486.945 shall:  (1) Provide to the secretary authorization on the registration form described in section 486.920 and the access instructions that allow journal entries to be viewed, printed, and copied in read-only access; and  (2) Notify the secretary of any subsequent change to the access instructions.  4. An electronic notary public maintaining an electronic journal of electronic notarial acts shall keep the entry for a period of no less than ten years from the date of the entry and shall also keep a record of electronic notarial acts in a permanently bound journal as set forth in sections 486.700 and 486.705. ­­-------- (L. 2020 H.B. 1655)
MO Rev Stat § 486.955 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXII - Courts|Chapter 486 - Commissioners of Deeds and Notaries Public|Section 486.955 - Resignation, revocation, expiration, or death of electronic notary.

Effective - 28 Aug 2020   486.955. Resignation, revocation, expiration, or death of electronic notary. — Upon resignation, revocation, or expiration of a notary commission, or death of the electronic notary:  (1) The journal and notarial records shall be delivered to the secretary in accordance with sections 486.795 to 486.800 by any means providing a tangible receipt, including certified mail and electronic transmission, allowing that an electronic journal may be delivered on disk, printed on paper, or transmitted electronically, in accordance with the requirements of the secretary; and  (2) In the case of an electronic journal and backup copy where disks or other physical storage media are not required to be surrendered, no further entries shall be made in the journal and backup. The journal and backup shall be safeguarded until both are erased or expunged after ten years from the date of the last entry by the notary or the notary's personal representative. ­­-------- (L. 2020 H.B. 1655)
MO Rev Stat § 486.960 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXII - Courts|Chapter 486 - Commissioners of Deeds and Notaries Public|Section 486.960 - Fees.

Effective - 28 Aug 2020   486.960. Fees. — 1. For performing an electronic notarial act, an electronic notary public may charge the maximum fee specified in this section, charge less than the maximum fee, or waive the fee.  2. The maximum fees that may be charged by an electronic notary public for performing an electronic notarial act are:  (1) For an acknowledgment, five dollars per signature;  (2) For a jurat, five dollars per signature; and  (3) For a signature witnessing, five dollars per signature.  3. An electronic notary may charge a travel fee to perform an electronic notarial act if:  (1) The notary and the person requesting the electronic notarial act agree upon the travel fee in advance of the travel; and  (2) The notary explains to the person requesting the notarial act that the travel fee is both separate from the notarial fee prescribed in subsection 2 of this section and neither specified nor mandated by law.  4. An electronic notary shall not discriminate in the charging of fees for an electronic notarial act based on the characteristics of the principal or requester of fact as set forth in subsection 1 of section 486.650, though an electronic notary may waive or reduce fees for humanitarian or charitable reasons.  5. The requirements relating to fees for an employee notary public that are prescribed in section 486.695 also apply to an electronic notary public in the performance of an electronic notarial act.  6. An electronic notary public who charges for performing electronic notarial acts shall conspicuously display in all of the notary's places of business and internet sites, or present to each principal or requester of fact if outside such places of business, an English-language schedule of maximum fees for electronic notarial acts, as specified in subsection 2 of section 486.960. No part of any such notarial fee schedule shall appear or be printed in smaller than twelve-point type. ­­-------- (L. 2020 H.B. 1655)
MO Rev Stat § 486.965 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXII - Courts|Chapter 486 - Commissioners of Deeds and Notaries Public|Section 486.965 - Fees, payment of prior to performance — nonrefundable, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 2020   486.965. Fees, payment of prior to performance — nonrefundable, when. — 1. An electronic notary public may require payment of any fees specified in section 486.960 prior to performance of an electronic notarial act.  2. Any fees paid to an electronic notary prior to performance of an electronic notarial act are nonrefundable if:  (1) The electronic notarial act was completed; or  (2) In the case of travel fees paid in compliance with subsection 3 of section 486.960, the electronic notarial act was not completed after the notary traveled to meet the principal because it was prohibited pursuant to section 486.930 or because the notary knew or had a reasonable belief that the notarial act or the associated transaction was unlawful. ­­-------- (L. 2020 H.B. 1655)
MO Rev Stat § 486.970 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXII - Courts|Chapter 486 - Commissioners of Deeds and Notaries Public|Section 486.970 - Notarized electronic documents transmitted to other states or nations — certificate of authority form.

Effective - 28 Aug 2020   486.970. Notarized electronic documents transmitted to other states or nations — certificate of authority form. — 1. On a notarized electronic document transmitted to another state or nation, electronic evidence of the authenticity of the seal of an electronic notary public of this state and the registered electronic signature, if required, shall be in the form of an electronic certificate of authority signed by the secretary in conformance with any current and pertinent international treaties, agreements, and conventions subscribed by the government of the United States.  2. The electronic certificate of authority described in subsection 1 of this section shall be attached to or logically associated with the electronically notarized document in such a manner that any subsequent alteration of the notarized document, or removal or alteration of the electronic certificate of authority, produces evidence of the change.  3. An electronic certificate of authority evidencing the authenticity of the registered electronic signature and seal of an electronic notary public of this state shall be in substantially the following form:   Certificate of Authority for Electronic Notarial Act   I, ________ (name and title of commissioning official), certify that _________ (name of electronic notary public), the person named as Electronic Notary Public in the attached, associated, or accompanying electronic document, was registered as an Electronic Notary Public for the state of Missouri and authorized to act as such at the time the document was electronically notarized. I also certify that the document bears no evidence of illegal or fraudulent alteration.   To verify this Certificate of Authority for an Electronic Notarial Act, I have included herewith my electronic seal and signature this ____ day of ___, 20 ___.   (Electronic seal and signature of secretary)   ­­-------- (L. 2020 H.B. 1655)
MO Rev Stat § 486.975 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXII - Courts|Chapter 486 - Commissioners of Deeds and Notaries Public|Section 486.975 - Fee for electronic certificate of authority.

Effective - 28 Aug 2020   486.975. Fee for electronic certificate of authority. — For issuing an electronic certificate of authority for an electronic notarial act, including an electronic form of the apostille set forth in subsection 3 of section 486.770, the secretary may charge a maximum of ten dollars. ­­-------- (L. 2020 H.B. 1655)