SB378: Notaries; application for recommission.

SENATE BILL NO. 378

Offered January 8, 2014
Prefiled January 7, 2014
A BILL to amend and reenact § 47.1-5.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to notary public; application for recommission.
Patron-- Reeves

Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 47.1-5.1 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 47.1-5.1. Application for recommission.

For persons Persons already commissioned as notaries public or electronic notaries public pursuant to this title and who are submitting application for recommission as a notary or electronic notary, may submit applications to the Secretary may accept in person, by first-class mail, or online, provided online applications contain electronic signatures, authorized by the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act (§ 59.1-479 et seq.), as confirmation that the application has been signed and sworn pursuant to § 47.1-5.