RE: [legalxml-enotary] New enotary federal legislation

[John Messing <jmessing@law-on-line.com>]

Apparently the url is time limited. 

Here is the text as passed the House:

Interstate Recognition of Notarizations Act of 2007 (Engrossed as Agreed
to or Passed by House)

HR 1979 EH

110th CONGRESS

1st Session

H. R. 1979

AN ACT

To require any Federal or State court to recognize any notarization made
by a notary public licensed by a State other than the State where the
court is located when such notarization occurs in or affects interstate
commerce.

      Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

      This Act may be cited as the `Interstate Recognition of
Notarizations Act of 2007'.

SEC. 2. RECOGNITION OF NOTARIZATIONS IN FEDERAL COURTS.

      Each Federal court shall recognize any lawful notarization made by
a notary public licensed or commissioned under the laws of a State other
than the State where the Federal court is located if--

            (1) such notarization occurs in or affects interstate
commerce; and

            (2)(A) a seal of office, as symbol of the notary public's
authority, is used in the notarization; or

            (B) in the case of an electronic record, the seal
information is securely attached to, or logically associated with, the
electronic record so as to render the record tamper-resistant.

SEC. 3. RECOGNITION OF NOTARIZATIONS IN STATE COURTS.

      Each court that operates under the jurisdiction of a State shall
recognize any lawful notarization made by a notary public licensed or
commissioned under the laws of a State other than the State where the
court is located if--

            (1) such notarization occurs in or affects interstate
commerce; and

            (2)(A) a seal of office, as symbol of the notary public's
authority, is used in the notarization; or

            (B) in the case of an electronic record, the seal
information is securely attached to, or logically associated with, the
electronic record so as to render the record tamper-resistant.

SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS.

      In this Act:

            (1) ELECTRONIC RECORD- The term `electronic record' has the
meaning given that term in section 106 of the Electronic Signatures in
Global and National Commerce Act (15 U.S.C. 7006).

            (2) LOGICALLY ASSOCIATED WITH- Seal information is
`logically associated with' an electronic record if the seal information
is securely bound to the electronic record in such a manner as to make
it impracticable to falsify or alter, without detection, either the
record or the seal information.

Passed the House of Representatives July 10, 2007.

Attest:

Clerk.

110th CONGRESS

1st Session

H. R. 1979

AN ACT

To require any Federal or State court to recognize any notarization made
by a notary public licensed by a State other than the State where the
court is located when such notarization occurs in or affects interstate
commerce.



> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: [legalxml-enotary] New enotary federal legislation
> From: John Messing <jmessing@law-on-line.com>
> Date: Thu, July 12, 2007 10:52 am
> To: legalxml-enotary@lists.oasis-open.org
> 
> A bill requiring interstate recognition of notary acts in state and
> federal courts and imposing a security requirement for seals but not
> signatures has passed the House and has been referred to the Senate
> Judiciary Committee. I think we should consider provisionally adding the
> interstate secured seal scenario to the use cases to be resolved by the
> consultant.
> 
> http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?c110:2:./temp/~c110znuemB::