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Executive Order 2020-14 (COVID-19 Executive Order No. 12)

Executive Order in Response to COVID-19 (remote notarization and witnessing)

Governor JB Pritzker · Illinois (State)

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Jurisdiction
Illinois
Level
State
Authority
Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act, 20 ILCS 3305/7(1), 7(2), 7(3), 7(12)
Issued
2020-03-26 Mar. 26, 2020
Effective
2020-03-26 for the duration of the Gubernatorial Disaster Proclamation (re-issued monthly) (read as 2020-03-26)
End
Extended through the disaster proclamations of 2020-2021; codified by P.A. 102-160 (July 23, 2021) (read as 2021-07-23)
In force
Mar. 26, 2020 to July 23, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
Limitation types
Courts and public officesOther
Addressees
  • notaries public
  • witnesses
  • parties
Functions reached
  • CT closings, estate planning, corporate documents
Collection
Professional and Information Services SEC-12

Operative words

the requirement that a person must 'appear before' a Notary Public commissioned under the laws of Illinois pursuant to the Illinois Notary Act, 5 ILCS 312/6-102, is satisfied if the Notary Public performs a remote notarization via two-way audio-video communication technology, provided that the Notary Public commissioned in Illinois is physically within the State while performing the notarial act

Enforcement

Executive order

Notes

Recites that 'pursuant to CDC guidelines, those important in-person [notarial and witnessing] transactions' could not safely occur

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