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New Notary Laws In Virginia

Several changes to notary law in Virginia will take effect July 1, 2007. An NNA press release points out some of the many changes.

• A requirement that Notaries affix the impression of a photographically reproducible seal of office on each paper document notarized.
• A prohibition against notarizing a signature on a document without notarial certificate wording on the same page as the signature, effectively ruling out attachment of "loose" certificates.
• Twenty new definitions of terms, including definitions for "satisfactory evidence of identity," "personal knowledge of identity," "credible witness," and "copy certification."
• Prohibitions against performing an official act with the intent to deceive or defraud, including using the Notary's seal or title to endorse any product, service, contest or candidate, and against signing or sealing an incomplete certificate.
• When identifying a document signer, the law allows notaries to rely either on one personally known credible witness, or on two credible witnesses who present satisfactory ID documents.