The past year has seen several notable changes to state Notary laws. Some states raised the fees Notaries may charge for the first time in decades, while others updated requirements for identifying signers or enacted tougher rules for the issuing of Notary seals. Here are some highlights from the new 2016 state Notary law changes:
California California’s most welcome law change was Assembly Bill 2217, which increased the maximum fee Notaries may charge from $10 to $15 per notarization starting January 1, 2017 — the first raise for Notaries in the state in more than two decades. The bill received strong support from local Notaries, who sent messages to state lawmakers urging a fee increase. California also updated rules for identifying signers using “satisfactory evidence of identity.” It enacted Assembly Bill 2566, which allows Notaries to accept consular identification cards as proof of a signer’s identity. AB 2566 also allows Notaries to accept any valid foreign passport and removes the prior requirement that the passport be stamped by the USCIS. Senate Bill 997, allows signers use tribal identification cards issued by federally recognized tribal governments. The consular ID, foreign passport or tribal ID must be current or issued in the past five years, contain a serial or identification number, and also have a photograph, signature and description of the bearer.
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