{"id":"AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-038","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"New Jersey (Legislature)","state":"NJ","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS","eco":"","issuer":"New Jersey Senate and General Assembly; approved by Governor Philip D. Murphy","authority":"N.J. Const. art. IV (legislative power); operates \u0027during the public health emergency and state of emergency declared by the Governor in Executive Order 103 of 2020\u0027","instrument":"P.L. 2020, Chapter 26 (Assembly Bill No. 3903)","title":"An Act concerning remote notarial acts, and other acts for executing and verifying certain documents, by notaries public and certain other authorized officials using communication technology for the duration of the public health emergency and state of emergency declared by the Governor in Executive Order 103 of 2020","dateIssued":"2020-04-14","effective":"2020-04-14 (sec. 2: \u0027This act shall take effect immediately\u0027)","end":"By its terms for the duration of the EO 103 public health emergency and state of emergency; the public health emergency ended June 4, 2021 (P.L. 2021, c. 103) while the state of emergency continued; remote notarial acts were made permanent by P.L. 2021, c. 179 (July 22, 2021) (successor statute described by category; text not read)","startDate":"2020-04-14","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["CRT","OTHER"],"addressees":["notaries public","officers authorized to take oaths and acknowledgments","remotely located individuals","parties to real estate, lending and corporate documents"],"clause":"b. Notwithstanding the provisions of any law or regulation to the contrary, during the public health emergency and state of emergency declared by the Governor in Executive Order 103 of 2020, a notary public appointed pursuant to the provisions of the \u0027Notaries Public Act of 1979,\u0027 P.L.1979, c. 460 (C.52:7-10 et seq.), or otherwise qualified and commissioned as a notary public in this State or an officer authorized to take oaths, affirmations and affidavits under R.S.41:2-1 or to take acknowledgements under R.S.46:14-6.1 may perform notarial acts using communication technology for a remotely located individual if: (1) the notary public or officer: (a) has personal knowledge of the identity of the individual... (3) the notary public or officer or a person acting on their behalf creates an audio-visual recording of the performance of the notarial act","enforcement":"Statute; subsection d. excludes records governed by the Uniform Commercial Code (other than specified sections); subsection e. requires the certificate to state that communication technology was used","functions":["CL closings, acknowledgments and deeds (real estate, title, lending)","OF law and accounting offices","FI loan documents","CB","OP corporate filings requiring notarization"],"notes":"Enacted four weeks after the MVC and county offices closed; the Legislature\u0027s own title ties the relief to the EO 103 emergency.","sourceUrl":"https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2020/PL20/26_.PDF","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":130807,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS","url":"/library/AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-038","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-038","citation":"New Jersey Senate and General Assembly; approved by Governor Philip D. Murphy, P.L. 2020, Chapter 26 (Assembly Bill No. 3903) (Apr. 14, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-038)","stateName":"New Jersey","related":["AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-087"]}