FINAL BILL REPORT

SB 6227

                                   C 69 L 88

BYSenators Pullen, Talmadge and Halsan

Revising provisions on acknowledgments.

Senate Committee on Law & Justice

House Committe on Judiciary

SYNOPSIS AS ENACTED

BACKGROUND:

The notary forms were changed by a 1985 statute, effective January 1, 1986.  Since that time, a need for corrections to the new forms has become apparent.

SUMMARY:

Technical corrections to notary or acknowledgement statutes are made.  Either the post-January 1, 1986, form or the pre-January 1, 1986, form may be used for real property conveyances.  The notary public may use means of identification other than personal knowledge to evidence that a person is the person whose name is signed on the instrument, e.g. driver's license.

The forms are amended to require the personal appearance before the notary of the person whose name is signed on the document.  The recitation below the signature line is changed.  The term "notary public" is omitted.  The form now has a signature line and a title line to eliminate confusion when an authorized person other than a notary public signs the document, e.g. a judge.  A date line is added and the statutes are made gender neutral.

VOTES ON FINAL PASSAGE:

      Senate    46     0

      House 96   0

EFFECTIVE:June 9, 1988