{"id":"PA-093","kind":"order","level":"sector-regulator","jurisdiction":"Pennsylvania","state":"PA","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Department of State (suspension granted by Governor Wolf)","authority":"35 Pa.C.S. § 7301(f); 57 Pa.C.S. § 306 (physical presence requirement for notarial acts)","instrument":"Department of State summary: Limited Suspension of In-person Regulatory Requirements for Notaries for Real Estate Transactions","title":"Notaries In-person Limited Suspension (Mar. 25, 2020)","dateIssued":"2020-03-25","effective":"2020-03-25","end":"Superseded by Act 15 of 2020 (Apr. 20, 2020; PA-076) and the Apr. 2, 2020 estate-planning suspension (PA-096)","startDate":"2020-03-25","endDate":"2020-04-20","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["CRT","OTHER"],"addressees":["notaries public","parties to residential and commercial real estate transactions"],"clause":"Pennsylvania Provides Limited Suspension of In-person Regulatory Requirements for Notaries for Real [Estate Transactions]. The Department [requested and received a] temporary and limited suspension of 57 Pa.C.S. § 306, which requires physical presence of notaries. For personal real estate transactions, the Governor approved a temporary notarial rule suspension [limited to transactions already in process] for residential property and only [where the] mortgage closing needs to take place... For all commercial real estate transactions, the Governor approved a temporary suspension of 57 Pa.C.S. [§ 306 for transactions in] process as well as new transactions during the emergency period.","enforcement":"Department of State; Revised Uniform Law on Notarial Acts","functions":["CL closings and title","ML mortgage closings","CM commercial leasing and sales"],"notes":"Shows that residential closings in Pennsylvania were confined to transactions already in process during the closure period.","sourceUrl":"https://www.dos.pa.gov/Documents/2020-03-25-Notaries-Inperson-limited-suspension.pdf","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20200401203136/https://www.dos.pa.gov/Documents/2020-03-25-Notaries-Inperson-limited-suspension.pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":87865,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"PA","url":"/library/PA-093","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/PA-093","citation":"Department of State (suspension granted by Governor Wolf), Department of State summary: Limited Suspension of In-person Regulatory Requirements for Notaries for Real Estate Transactions (Mar. 25, 2020) (Ex. PA-093)","stateName":"Pennsylvania","related":["PA-076","PA-096"]}