HB 1439 Summary

• Creates section 44-06.1-31 of the North Dakota Century Code to allow employees of nonprofit organizations providing legal services to low-income and elderly residents to perform remote notarial acts for organization clients without creating audiovisual recordings.

• Amends section 44-06.1-13.1 subdivision c to add an exemption referencing the new section 44-06.1-31 to the requirement that notaries create audiovisual recordings of remote notarial acts.

• Exempts only employees of nonprofit legal services organizations serving low-income and elderly residents from the audiovisual recording requirement for remote notarization.

• Applies to clients of the nonprofit organization who are remotely located and performing notarial acts under North Dakota Century Code chapter 44-06.1.