<section number="46-1-7"><effdate>8/31/2020</effdate><histories><history>Amended by Chapter <modchap sess="2020S6">1</modchap>, 2020 Special Session 6</history><modyear>2020</modyear></histories><catchline>Disqualifications.</catchline><tab/>A notary may not perform a notarial act if the notary:<subsection number="46-1-7(1)">
is a signer of the document that is to be notarized, except for:
<subsection number="46-1-7(1)(a)">
a self-proved will as provided in Section <xref depth="3" refnumber="75-2-504" start="0">75-2-504</xref>; or</subsection><subsection number="46-1-7(1)(b)">
a self-proved electronic will as provided in Section <xref depth="3" refnumber="75-2-1408" start="0">75-2-1408</xref>;</subsection></subsection><subsection number="46-1-7(2)">
is named in the document that is to be notarized except for:
<subsection number="46-1-7(2)(a)">
a self-proved will as provided in Section <xref depth="3" refnumber="75-2-504" start="0">75-2-504</xref>;</subsection><subsection number="46-1-7(2)(b)">
a self-proved electronic will as provided in Section <xref depth="3" refnumber="75-2-1408" start="0">75-2-1408</xref>;</subsection><subsection number="46-1-7(2)(c)">
a licensed attorney that is listed in the document only as representing a signer or another person named in the document; or</subsection><subsection number="46-1-7(2)(d)">
a licensed escrow agent, as defined in Section <xref depth="3" refnumber="31A-1-301" start="0">31A-1-301</xref>, that:<subsection number="46-1-7(2)(d)(i)">
acts as the title insurance producer in signing closing documents; and</subsection><subsection number="46-1-7(2)(d)(ii)">
is not named individually in the closing documents as a grantor, grantee, mortgagor, mortgagee, trustor, trustee, vendor, vendee, lessor, lessee, buyer, or seller;</subsection></subsection></subsection><subsection number="46-1-7(3)">
will receive direct compensation from a transaction connected with a financial transaction in which the notary is named individually as a principal; or</subsection><subsection number="46-1-7(4)">
will receive direct compensation from a real property transaction in which the notary is named individually as a grantor, grantee, mortgagor, mortgagee, trustor, trustee, beneficiary, vendor, vendee, lessor, lessee, buyer, or seller.</subsection></section>