Bill Text: VA SB8 | 2024 | Regular Session | Prefiled

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Bill Title: Notary public or electronic notary public; application for recommission.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2024-04-05 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0569) [SB8 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2024-SB8-Prefiled.html
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SENATE BILL NO. 8
Offered January 10, 2024
Prefiled November 20, 2023
A BILL to amend and reenact §47.1-5.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to notary public or electronic notary public; application for recommission.
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Patron-- Reeves
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Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That §47.1-5.1 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§47.1-5.1. Application for recommission.

Persons already commissioned as notaries public or electronic notaries public pursuant to this title and who are submitting application for recommission as a notary or electronic notary may submit applications to the Secretary in person, by first-class mail, or online, provided online applications contain electronic signatures, authorized by the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act (§59.1-479 et seq.), as confirmation that the application has been signed and sworn pursuant to § 47.1-5. No person applying for recommission shall be required to include the oath of the applicant required for commission by § 47.1-5, provided that such applicant is in good standing as a notary public or electronic notary public, and is not subject to any investigation or proceeding, or has never been removed from office pursuant to Chapter 5 (§47.1-24 et seq.).

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