(a) A notarial officer may perform a notarial act authorized by this chapter or by law of the District other than this chapter.
(b) A notarial officer shall not perform a notarial act if:
(1) The record is incomplete or blank;
(2) The notarial officer or the officer's spouse is a party to the record; or
(3) The notarial officer or the officer's spouse has a direct beneficial interest in the record.
(c) A notarial act performed in violation of this section is voidable.
(d) A notarial officer may certify that a tangible copy of an electronic record is an accurate copy of the electronic record.
(Dec. 4, 2018, D.C. Law 22-189, § 4, 65 DCR 11606; Sept. 21, 2022, D.C. Law 24-178, § 2(b), 69 DCR 009927.)
Structure District of Columbia Code
Title 1 - Government Organization
Chapter 12A - Revised Uniform Law on Notarial Acts
§ 1–1231.02. Applicability to future notarial acts
§ 1–1231.03. Authority to perform notarial act
§ 1–1231.04. Requirements for certain notarial acts
§ 1–1231.05. Personal appearance required
§ 1–1231.06. Identification of individual
§ 1–1231.07. Authority to refuse to perform notarial act
§ 1–1231.08. Signature if individual unable to sign
§ 1–1231.09. Notarial act in the District
§ 1–1231.10. Notarial act in another state
§ 1–1231.11. Notarial act under authority of a federally recognized Indian tribe
§ 1–1231.12. Notarial act under federal authority
§ 1–1231.13. Foreign notarial act
§ 1–1231.13a. Notarial act performed for remotely located individual
§ 1–1231.14. Certificate of notarial act
§ 1–1231.20. Requirement of endorsement as electronic notary; selection of technology
§ 1–1231.21. Mandatory training of a notary public
§ 1–1231.24. Notaries public electronic database
§ 1–1231.26. Validity of notarial acts
§ 1–1231.27. Existing notary public commission
§ 1–1231.29. Uniformity of application and construction
§ 1–1231.30. Relation to electronic signatures in global and national commerce act