Bill Text: MO HB994 | 2013 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Increases the fee for notary public service from $2 to $5

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-05-17 - Referred: Judiciary(H) [HB994 Detail]

Download: Missouri-2013-HB994-Introduced.html

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FIRST REGULAR SESSION

HOUSE BILL NO. 994

97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE BUTLER.

2234H.01I                                                                                                                                                  D. ADAM CRUMBLISS, Chief Clerk

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AN ACT

To repeal section 486.350, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to notary public fees.

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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:

            Section A. Section 486.350, RSMo, is repealed and one new section enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as section 486.350, to read as follows:

            486.350. 1. The maximum fee in this state for notarization of each signature and the proper recording thereof in the journal of notarial acts is [two] five dollars for each signature notarized.

            2. The maximum fee in this state for certification of a facsimile of a document, and the proper recordation thereof in the journal of notarial acts is [two] five dollars for each 8 1/2 x 11 inch page retained in the notary's file.

            3. The maximum fee in this state is one dollar for any other notarial act performed.

            4. No notary shall charge or collect a fee for notarizing the signature on any absentee ballot or absentee voter registration.

            5. A notary public who charges more than the maximum fee specified or who charges or collects a fee for notarizing the signature on any absentee ballot or absentee voter registration is guilty of official misconduct.

            6. A notary public may charge a travel fee, not to exceed the approved federal mileage rate and may charge an expedited convenience service fee not to exceed twenty-five dollars, when traveling to perform a notarial act, provided that:

            (1) The notary explains to the person requesting the notarial act that the travel fee is separate from the notarial fee and is not specified or mandated by law; and

            (2) The notary and the person requesting the notarial act agree upon his or her fees in advance of the notary affixing his or her official seal.

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