Order of the Governor of the State of Maryland Authorizing Remote Notarizations (No. 20-03-30-04)

The record

Jurisdiction

Maryland (Governor) · Maryland

Level

State

Authority

Md. Code Ann., Pub. Safety secs. 14-107, 14-303 (Governor's emergency powers; catastrophic health emergency proclaimed March 5, 2020, renewed March 17, 2020)

Issued

2020-03-30 Mar. 30, 2020

Effective

2020-03-30

End

'This Order remains effective until the termination of the state of emergency and the proclamation of the catastrophic health emergency has been rescinded' (sec. III); amended September 29, 2020 (Order 20-09-29-01) and terminated August 15, 2021 (MD-031) (read as 2020-09-29)

In force

Mar. 30, 2020 to Sept. 29, 2020

Quarters

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

Limitation types

Courts and public officesOther

Addressees

• notaries public who have notified the Secretary of State
• individuals executing notarized documents

Functions reached

• CL closings, deeds and mortgages (Maryland land records)
• OF law and title offices
• FI
• CB

Collection

State motor-vehicle offices, secretaries of state and recorders AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS

Operative words

II. An individual need not be in the physical presence of a notary public who performs a notarial act if: a. they communicate with each other simultaneously by sight and sound through a communication technology; and b. the notary public: i. is appointed and commissioned to perform a notarial act; ii. has notified the Secretary of State of the intention to perform notarial acts facilitated by communication technologies... v. creates, or directs another person to create, and retains an audio-visual recording of the performance of the notarial act; and vi. indicates on a certificate of the notarial act and in a journal that the individual was not in the physical presence of the notary public... III. This Order remains effective until the termination of the state of emergency and the proclamation of the catastrophic health emergency has been rescinded, except as may be rescinded, superseded, amended, or revised by additional orders.

Enforcement

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