District of Columbia Code
Chapter 12A - Revised Uniform Law on Notarial Acts
§ 1–1231.03. Authority to perform notarial act

(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

District of Columbia Code

Title 1 - Government Organization

Chapter 12A - Revised Uniform Law on Notarial Acts

§ 1–1231.01. Definitions

§ 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

§ 1–1231.15. Short forms

§ 1–1231.16. Official seal

§ 1–1231.17. Notarial sealer

§ 1–1231.18. Journal

§ 1–1231.19. Commission as notary public; endorsement as an electronic notary; qualifications; no immunity or benefit

§ 1–1231.20. Requirement of endorsement as electronic notary; selection of technology

§ 1–1231.21. Mandatory training of a notary public

§ 1–1231.22. Grounds to deny, refuse to renew, revoke, suspend, or condition commission of notary public

§ 1–1231.23. Fees

§ 1–1231.24. Notaries public electronic database

§ 1–1231.25. Prohibited acts

§ 1–1231.26. Validity of notarial acts

§ 1–1231.27. Existing notary public commission

§ 1–1231.28. Savings clause

§ 1–1231.29. Uniformity of application and construction

§ 1–1231.30. Relation to electronic signatures in global and national commerce act

§ 1–1231.31. Rules