2019
Regular Session
Revised Mississippi Law on Notarial Acts; create and repeal existing statutes on notaries public.
AN ACT TO BE KNOWN AS THE "REVISED MISSISSIPPI LAW ON NOTARIAL ACTS"; TO DEFINE CERTAIN TERMS; TO PRESCRIBE THE NOTARIAL ACTS THAT A NOTARIAL OFFICER MAY PERFORM; TO AUTHORIZES NOTARIAL OFFICERS TO CHARGE A FEE NOT EXCEEDING $5.00 FOR SERVICES RENDERED; TO REQUIRE INDIVIDUALS REQUESTING CERTAIN NOTARIAL SERVICES TO PHYSICALLY APPEAR BEFORE THE NOTARIAL OFFICER; TO REQUIRE NOTARIAL OFFICERS TO DETERMINE THE IDENTITY OF THE PERSON APPEARING BEFORE THE OFFICER AND TO PRESCRIBE ACCEPTABLE FORMS OF IDENTIFICATION; TO AUTHORIZE NOTARIAL OFFICERS TO REFUSE TO PERFORM CERTAIN ACTS; TO AUTHORIZE AN INDIVIDUAL WHO IS PHYSICALLY UNABLE TO SIGN A RECORD BEFORE A NOTARIAL OFFICER TO DIRECT ANOTHER PERSON TO SIGN ON THE INDIVIDUAL'S BEHALF; TO AUTHORIZE NOTARIAL ACTS TO BE PERFORMED BY NOTARIES PUBLIC, ELECTED JUDGES AND CLERKS OF COURT AND THE SECRETARY OF STATE; TO RECOGNIZE CERTAIN QUALIFIED NOTARIAL ACTS PERFORMED UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF ANOTHER STATE, FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED INDIAN TRIBE, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND FOREIGN STATES; TO REQUIRE A NOTARIAL ACT TO BE EVIDENCED BY A CERTIFICATE; TO REQUIRE NOTARIES PUBLIC TO HAVE AN OFFICIAL SEAL, TO PROCURE A STAMPING DEVICE AND TO MAINTAIN A JOURNAL OF NOTARIAL ACTS; TO AUTHORIZE NOTARIES PUBLIC TO PERFORM NOTARIAL ACTS WITH RESPECT TO ELECTRONIC RECORDS; TO AUTHORIZE INDIVIDUALS TO APPLY TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR A COMMISSION AS A NOTARY PUBLIC AND TO PRESCRIBE THE MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS; TO AUTHORIZE THE SECRETARY OF STATE TO DENY OR REVOKE A COMMISSION AS A NOTARY PUBLIC FOR CERTAIN SPECIFIED ACTS; TO REQUIRE THE SECRETARY OF STATE TO MAINTAIN AN ELECTRONIC DATABASE OF NOTARIES PUBLIC; TO PROHIBIT NOTARIES PUBLIC FROM ACTING IN CERTAIN CAPACITIES AND PERFORMING CERTAIN ACTS; TO SPECIFY THAT A NOTARIAL ACT IS NOT INVALIDATED DUE TO A FAILURE OF A NOTARIAL OFFICER TO PERFORM CERTAIN STATUTORY DUTIES; TO AUTHORIZE THE SECRETARY OF STATE TO ADOPT RULES NECESSARY TO IMPLEMENT THE REVISED MISSISSIPPI LAW ON NOTARIAL ACTS; TO CLARIFY THAT A COMMISSION AS A NOTARY PUBLIC IN EFFECT ON JULY 1, 2019, CONTINUES UNTIL ITS EXPIRATION, AT WHICH TIME A RENEWAL OF THE COMMISSION MUST COMPLY WITH THIS ACT; TO CLARIFY THAT THIS ACT TO NOT AFFECT THE VALIDITY OR EFFECT OF NOTARIAL ACTS PERFORMED BEFORE JULY 1, 2019; TO SPECIFY THAT THIS ACT SUPERSEDES CERTAIN FEDERAL STATUTES REGARDING ELECTRONIC SIGNATURES IN COMMERCE; TO REPEAL SECTIONS 25-33-1 THROUGH 25-33-33, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH AUTHORIZE THE APPOINTMENT OF NOTARIES PUBLIC AND PRESCRIBE THEIR POWERS AND DUTIES; TO REPEAL SECTION 25-7-29, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH AUTHORIZES NOTARIES PUBLIC TO CHARGE FEES FOR CERTAIN SERVICES; TO AMEND SECTION 25-7-1, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, IN CONFORMITY TO THE PRECEDING PROVISIONS; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
03/14/2019 at 15:25
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B
777
House Bill 777
HB 777
H
Dead
General Bill/Constitutional Amendment
No
Three/Fifths
July 1, 2019
Judiciary A
F
../../House_cmtes/JA.xml
Judiciary, Division A
F
../../Senate_cmtes/JA.xml
Aguirre
../../House_authors/Aguirre.xml
RP
../../code_sections/025/00330001.xml
RP
../../code_sections/025/00330003.xml
RP
../../code_sections/025/00330005.xml
RP
../../code_sections/025/00330007.xml
RP
../../code_sections/025/00330009.xml
RP
../../code_sections/025/00330011.xml
RP
../../code_sections/025/00330013.xml
RP
../../code_sections/025/00330015.xml
RP
../../code_sections/025/00330017.xml
RP
../../code_sections/025/00330019.xml
RP
../../code_sections/025/00330021.xml
RP
../../code_sections/025/00330023.xml
RP
../../code_sections/025/00330025.xml
RP
../../code_sections/025/00330027.xml
RP
../../code_sections/025/00330029.xml
RP
../../code_sections/025/00330031.xml
RP
../../code_sections/025/00330033.xml
RP
../../code_sections/025/00070029.xml
A
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1
01/17 (H) Referred To Judiciary A
2
02/05 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
3
02/08 (H) Read the Third Time
4
02/12 (H) Passed
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5
02/13 (H) Transmitted To Senate
6
02/25 (S) Referred To Judiciary, Division A
7
03/05 (S) Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
8
03/11 (S) Amended
9
03/11 (S) Passed As Amended
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10
03/11 (S) Motion to Reconsider Entered
11
03/14 (S) Died On Calendar
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../../../../documents/2019/pdf/HB/0700-0799/HB0777PS.pdf
../../../../documents/2019/dt/HB/0700-0799/HB0777PS.pdf
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Committee Amendment No 1
Adopted
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Voice Vote
Amendment No 1 to Committee Amendment No 1
Adopted
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../../../../../documents/2019/html/sam/HB0777_S_Amend_01_to_Cmte_Amend_01.htm
Voice Vote
Amendment No 2 to Committee Amendment No 1
Adopted
../../../../documents/2019/pdf/sam/HB0777_S_Amend_02_to_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf
../../../../../documents/2019/html/sam/HB0777_S_Amend_02_to_Cmte_Amend_01.htm
Voice Vote
N
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