(a) A notarial officer has personal knowledge of the identity of an individual appearing before the officer if the individual is personally known to the officer through dealings sufficient to provide reasonable certainty that the individual has the identity claimed.
(b) A notarial officer has satisfactory evidence of the identity of an individual appearing before the officer if the officer can identify the individual by any of the following:
(1) By means of any of the following:
a. A passport, driver's license, or government issued nondriver identification card, which is current and not expired before performance of the notarial act.
b. Another form of government identification issued to an individual, which is current and not expired before performance of the notarial act, contains the signature or a photograph of the individual, and is satisfactory to the officer.
(2) By a verification on oath or affirmation of a credible witness personally appearing before the officer and known to the officer or whom the officer can identify on the basis of a passport, driver's license, or government issued nondriver identification card, which is current and not expired before performance of the notarial act.
(c) A notarial officer may require an individual to provide additional information or identification credentials necessary to assure the officer of the identity of the individual.
Structure Delaware Code
Subchapter II. Revised Uniform Law on Notarial Acts [Effective Aug. 1, 2023].
§ 4321. Definitions [Effective until Aug. 1, 2023].
§ 4322. Notarial acts [Effective until Aug. 1, 2023].
§ 4323. Notarial acts — Acts in this State [Effective until Aug. 1, 2023].
§ 4325. Notarial acts — Acts under federal authority [Effective until Aug. 1, 2023].
§ 4326. Foreign notarial acts [Effective until Aug. 1, 2023].
§ 4327. Certificate of notarial acts [Effective until Aug. 1, 2023].
§ 4328. Short forms [Effective until Aug. 1, 2023].
§ 4329. Electronic certificate of authority [Effective until Aug. 1, 2023].
§ 4315. Short title [Effective Aug. 1, 2023].
§ 4316. Definitions [Effective Aug. 1, 2023].
§ 4317. Authority to perform notarial act [Effective Aug. 1, 2023].
§ 4318. Requirements for certain notarial acts [Effective Aug. 1, 2023].
§ 4319. Personal appearance required [Effective Aug. 1, 2023].
§ 4320. Notarial act performed for remotely located individual [Effective Aug. 1, 2023].
§ 4321. Identification of individual [Effective Aug. 1, 2023].
§ 4322. Authority to refuse to perform notarial act [Effective Aug. 1, 2023].
§ 4322A. Signature if individual unable to sign [Effective Aug. 1, 2023].
§ 4323. Notarial act in this State [Effective Aug. 1, 2023].
§ 4324. Notarial act in another state [Effective Aug. 1, 2023].
§ 4325. Notarial act under authority of federally recognized Indian tribe [Effective Aug. 1, 2023].
§ 4326. Notarial act under federal authority [Effective Aug. 1, 2023].
§ 4327. Foreign notarial act [Effective Aug. 1, 2023].
§ 4328. Certificate of notarial act [Effective Aug. 1, 2023].
§ 4329. Short form certificates [Effective Aug. 1, 2023].
§ 4330. Official stamp of a notary public [Effective Aug. 1, 2023].
§ 4331. Stamping device of a notary public [Effective Aug. 1, 2023].
§ 4332. Journal of a notary public [Effective Aug. 1, 2023].
§ 4335. Database of notaries public [Effective Aug. 1, 2023].
§ 4336. Prohibited acts of a notary public [Effective Aug. 1, 2023].
§ 4337. Validity of notarial acts [Effective Aug. 1, 2023].
§ 4338. Regulatory authority [Effective Aug. 1, 2023].
§ 4339. Notary public commission in effect [Effective Aug. 1, 2023].
§ 4340. Applicability; savings clause [Effective Aug. 1, 2023].
§ 4341. Uniformity of application and construction [Effective Aug. 1, 2023].