PRINTER'S NO. 699
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
595
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY FOLMER, MARTIN, GREENLEAF, RAFFERTY, BROWNE AND
BREWSTER, APRIL 17, 2017
REFERRED TO STATE GOVERNMENT, APRIL 17, 2017
AN ACT
Amending Title 57 (Notaries Public) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in revised uniform law on notarial
acts, further providing for definitions, for personal
appearance required and for identification of individual.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 302 of Title 57 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a definition to read:
§ 302. Definitions.
The following words and phrases when used in this chapter
shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
context clearly indicates otherwise:
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"Audio-video communication." Being able to see, hear and
communicate with another individual in real time using
electronic means.
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Section 2. Section 306 of Title 57 is amended to read:
§ 306. [Personal appearance required] Appearance.
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If a notarial act relates to a statement made in or a
signature executed on a record, the individual making the
statement or executing the signature shall appear personally
either by being in the notarial officer's physical presence or
by means of audio-video communication before the notarial
officer.
Section 3. Section 307(b)(1) of Title 57 is amended by
adding a subparagraph to read:
§ 307. Identification of individual.
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(b) Satisfactory evidence.--A notarial officer has
satisfactory evidence of the identity of an individual appearing
before the notarial officer if the notarial officer can identify
the individual as set forth in any of the following paragraphs:
(1) By means set forth in any of the following
subparagraphs:
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(iii) In the case of a notarial act by means of
audio-video communication, by any method which complies
with rules adopted by the department under this section.
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Section 4. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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