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- Jurisdiction
- Massachusetts (General Court) · Massachusetts
- Level
- State
- Authority
- Mass. Const. pt. 2, ch. 1
- Issued
- 2021-06-16 June 16, 2021
- Effective
- 2021-06-16 (the Massachusetts state of emergency ended June 15, 2021) (read as 2021-06-16)
- End
- 2021-12-15 (remote notarization); later extended by successor acts (described by category) (read as 2021-12-15)
- In force
- June 16, 2021 to Dec. 15, 2021
- Quarters
- 2021 Q22021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Courts and public officesOther
- Addressees
- notaries public and parties to notarized documents
- public bodies
- restaurants (outdoor dining and to-go alcohol provisions)
- Functions reached
- CL closings and notarized instruments in 2021 Q3
- OF
- FI
- CB
- Collection
- State motor-vehicle offices, secretaries of state and recorders AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS
Operative words
SECTION 7. Section 8 of chapter 71 of the acts of 2020 is hereby amended by striking out the words '3 business days after termination of the governor's March 10, 2020 declaration of a state of emergency' and inserting in place thereof the following words:- on December 15, 2021.
Enforcement
Notes
A 2021 Q3 instrument: the Legislature kept the emergency notarization regime alive for six months after the emergency ended, together with remote public meetings and the restaurant measures.