Mississippi House Bill 1168

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Failed on March 5 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-03-05 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Amend Section 25-34-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Define Additional Terms Under The Revised Mississippi Law On Notarial Acts Relating To Remote Online Notarization (ron); To Amend Section 25-34-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That The Law, As Revised By This Act, Applies To Notarial Acts Performed After July 1, 2024; To Amend Section 25-34-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize Notarial Officers To Certify A Tangible Copy Of An Electronic Record As A True And Correct Copy; To Amend Section 25-34-9, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize The Secretary Of State To Establish The Maximum Fees That May Be Charged By Notaries And To Clarify That A Notary Is Not Required To Charge A Fee; To Amend Section 25-34-11, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Prescribe Requirements For Performing Remote Notarizations; To Amend Section 25-34-15, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Prescribe The Requirements For Identifying A Person Appearing Before A Notary Remotely; To Amend Section 25-34-17, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Prohibit A Notary From Performing A Remote Notarization When The Notary Does Not Know How To Operate The Required Technology Or If The Technology Does Not Meet Certain Requirements; To Amend Section 25-34-31, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require A Notary's Certificate To Indicate When A Notarization Has Been Performed Remotely; To Amend Section 25-34-37, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require Remote Notarizations To Be Audio Visually Recorded; To Amend Section 25-34-51, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Prescribe Certain Matters That Must Be Included In Rules And Regulations Adopted By The Secretary Of State Which Relate To The Implementation Of The Law On Notarial Acts; To Amend Section 25-34-53, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Clarify That A Notary's Commission Existing On The Effective Date Of This Act Is Not Affected Until It Expires; To Amend Section 25-34-55, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Clarify That Notarial Acts Performed Before The Effective Date Of This Act Are Not Affected Or Invalidated By This Act's Passage; And For Related Purposes.

Mississippi Law on Notarial Acts; revise to allow notaries to perform remote online notarization.

Rep. Lee Yancey [R]

Rep. Jeffrey Hulum [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-03-05	House	Died In Committee
2024-02-14	House	Referred To Judiciary A

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
25	34	11	Amended Code	See Bill Text
25	34	15	Amended Code	See Bill Text
25	34	17	Amended Code	See Bill Text
25	34	3	Amended Code	See Bill Text
25	34	31	Amended Code	See Bill Text
25	34	37	Amended Code	See Bill Text
25	34	5	Amended Code	See Bill Text
25	34	51	Amended Code	See Bill Text
25	34	53	Amended Code	See Bill Text
25	34	55	Amended Code	See Bill Text
25	34	7	Amended Code	See Bill Text
25	34	9	Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2024/pdf/history/HB/HB1168.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/html/HB/1100-1199/HB1168IN.htm