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S.B. 38

             1     

NOTARY PUBLIC QUALIFICATIONS

             2     
2000 GENERAL SESSION

             3     
STATE OF UTAH

             4     
Sponsor: Gene Davis

             5      AN ACT RELATING TO NOTARIZATION AND AUTHENTICATION OF DOCUMENTS;
             6      REPEALING THE REQUIREMENTS THAT NOTARIES PUBLIC BE REGISTERED
             7      VOTERS, THEMSELVES, OR ENDORSED BY REGISTERED VOTERS.
             8      This act affects sections of Utah Code Annotated 1953 as follows:
             9      AMENDS:
             10          46-1-3, as last amended by Chapter 231, Laws of Utah 1999
             11      Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
             12          Section 1. Section 46-1-3 is amended to read:
             13           46-1-3. Qualifications -- Commissioning -- Jurisdiction and term.
             14          (1) Except as provided in Subsection (3), the director of the Division of Corporations and
             15      Commercial Code shall commission as a notary any qualified person who submits an application
             16      in accordance with this chapter.
             17          (2) A person qualified for a notarial commission shall:
             18          (a) be 18 years of age or older;
             19          (b) lawfully reside in this state 30 days immediately preceding the filing for a notarial
             20      commission and maintain permanent residency thereafter;
             21          (c) be able to read, write, and understand English;
             22          (d) submit an application to the Division of Corporations and Commercial Code
             23      containing no significant misstatement or omission of fact and include at least:
             24          (i) a statement of the applicant's personal qualifications, the applicant's residence address,
             25      a business address in this state, daytime telephone number, and voter precinct number;
             26          (ii) the applicant's age and date of birth;
             27          (iii) all criminal convictions of the applicant, including any pleas of admission and nolo


             28      contendere;
             29          (iv) all issuances, denials, revocations, suspensions, restrictions, and resignations of a
             30      notarial commission or other professional license involving the applicant in this or any other state;
             31          (v) the acknowledgment of a passing score by the applicant on a written examination
             32      administered under Subsection (5);
             33          (vi) a declaration by the applicant; and
             34          (vii) an application fee determined under Section 63-38-3.2 ; and
             35          (e) be a [registered voter in Utah or have permanent] resident [status under Section 245
             36      of the Immigration and Nationality Act; and] of the state.
             37          [(f) be endorsed by two registered voters of the state.]
             38          (3) The director of the Division of Corporations and Commercial Code may deny an
             39      application based on:
             40          (a) the applicant's conviction for a crime involving dishonesty or moral turpitude;
             41          (b) any revocation, suspension, or restriction of a notarial commission or professional
             42      license issued to the applicant by this or any other state;
             43          (c) the applicant's official misconduct while acting in the capacity of a notary; or
             44          (d) the applicant's failure to pass the written examination.
             45          (4) A person commissioned as a notary by the Division of Corporations and Commercial
             46      Code may perform notarial acts in any part of this state for a term of four years, unless the person
             47      resigned or the commission is revoked or suspended under Section 46-1-19 .
             48          (5) (a) Each applicant for a notarial commission shall take a written examination approved
             49      by the division and submit the examination to a testing center designated by the division for
             50      purposes of scoring the examination. The testing center designated by the division shall issue a
             51      written acknowledgment to the applicant indicating whether the applicant passed or failed the
             52      examination.
             53          (b) The division shall make rules pursuant to Title 63, Chapter 46a, Utah Administrative
             54      Rulemaking Act, to implement the examination process required by Subsection (5)(a).





Legislative Review Note
    as of 1-11-00 1:52 PM


A limited legal review of this legislation raises no obvious constitutional or statutory concerns.

Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel


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