(a) Form of evidence of authority of electronic notarial act. — On a notarized electronic document transmitted to another state or country outside of the United States, electronic evidence of the authenticity of the official signature and seal of an electronic notary of the State of Delaware, shall be attached to or logically associated with the document and shall be in the form of an electronic certificate of authority signed by the Secretary that is independently verifiable and will be invalidated if the underlying document is modified.
(b) Certificate of authority for electronic notarial act. — An electronic certificate of authority evidencing the authenticity of the official signature and seal of an electronic notary of the State of Delaware shall contain substantially the following words:
Certificate of Authority for an Electronic Notarial Act
I, (name and title), certify that (name of electronic notary), the person named as Electronic Notary Public in the attached or associated electronic document, was commissioned as an Electronic Notary Public for the State of Delaware and authorized to act as such at the time of the document's electronic notarization.
To verify this Certificate of Authority for an Electronic Notarial Act, I have included herewith my electronic signature this ________ day of ________, 20____.
(Electronic signature and seal of commissioning official)
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].