HB 06645 Summary

• Enacts the "Revised Uniform Law on Notarial Acts" effective October 1, 2011, establishing comprehensive standards for notarial acts in Connecticut including acknowledgments, oaths, affirmations, and verifications.

• Requires notaries public to be at least 18 years old, U.S. citizens or permanent residents, Connecticut residents or employed in the state, fluent in English, and must pass an examination; appointments are for five-year terms.

• Authorizes notarial acts to be performed by notaries public, judges, court clerks, licensed attorneys, town clerks, and justices of the peace in Connecticut, with notaries public required to maintain official stamps and secure stamping devices.

• Recognizes notarial acts performed in other states, federally recognized Indian tribes, under federal authority, and foreign jurisdictions as having equivalent effect in Connecticut.

• Permits notaries to perform notarial acts on electronic records using tamper-evident technology and requires the Secretary of the State to maintain an electronic database of authorized notaries public.