{"id":"KS-013","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Kansas","state":"KS","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Governor Laura Kelly","authority":"K.S.A. 48-924, 48-925","instrument":"Executive Order 20-20 (Apr. 9, 2020)","title":"Temporarily allowing notaries and witnesses to act via audio-video communication technology","dateIssued":"2020-04-09","effective":"2020-04-09","end":"Reissued as EO 20-40 (May 26, 2020), extended by EOs 20-49, 20-64, 21-02, reissued as EO 21-10 (Apr. 1, 2021); void on June 15, 2021 (EO 21-23 nominal date July 15, 2021)","startDate":"2020-04-09","endDate":"2021-06-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2"],"types":["CRT","OTHER"],"addressees":["notaries public","witnesses","parties to instruments"],"clause":"Permitted remote notarization by two-way audio-video communication where the notary and the signer are physically in Kansas, the notary can identify the signer, and the transaction follows Secretary of State guidance (Register text, 39 Kan. Reg. 15A).","enforcement":"HB 2016 sec. 17 validated notarial acts performed under the order.","functions":["CL closings, notaries, recorders","ML mortgage lending","CT legal services"],"notes":"Real estate, financial services, legal.","sourceUrl":"https://governor.kansas.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/EO-20-20-Executed.pdf","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20200412222914/https://governor.kansas.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/EO-20-20-Executed.pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":977233,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"KS","url":"/library/KS-013","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/KS-013","citation":"Governor Laura Kelly, Executive Order 20-20 (Apr. 9, 2020) (Ex. KS-013)","stateName":"Kansas","related":["KS-014","KS-015","KS-009","KS-016","KS-017","KS-007","KS-008","KS-011","KS-005","KS-019","KS-001","KS-021"]}