Bill Text: VA HB986 | 2024 | Regular Session | Prefiled
Bill Title: Notaries; raises amount a notary may charge.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2024-04-02 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0310) [HB986 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2024-HB986-Prefiled.html
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §47.1-19 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§47.1-19. Fees.
A. A notary may, for taking and certifying the acknowledgment
of any writing, or administering and certifying an oath, or certifying
affidavits and depositions of witnesses, or certifying that a copy of a
document is a true copy thereof, charge a fee up to
$5 $10.
B. A notary may, for taking and certifying the acknowledgement of any electronic document, or administering and certifying an oath or affirmation, or certifying electronic affidavits and depositions of witnesses, or certifying that a copy of an electronic document is a true copy thereof, charge a fee not to exceed $25.
C. Any person appointed as a member of an electoral board or a general registrar shall be prohibited from collecting any fee as a notary during the time of such appointment. Any person appointed as a deputy registrar or officer of election shall be prohibited from collecting any fee as a notary for services relating to the administration of elections or the election laws.
D. It shall be unlawful for any notary to charge more than the fee established herein for any notarial act; however, a notary may recover, with the agreement of the person to be charged, any actual and reasonable expense of traveling to a place where a notarial act is to be performed if it is not the usual place in which the notary performs his office.
