(a) If a notarial act is performed under authority and in the jurisdiction of a foreign state or constituent unit of the foreign state or is performed under the authority of a multinational or international governmental organization, the notarial act shall have the same effect under the law of the District as if performed by a notarial officer of the District.
(b) If the title of office and indication of authority to perform notarial acts in a foreign state appears in a digest of foreign law or in a list customarily used as a source for that information, the authority of an officer with that title to perform notarial acts shall be conclusively established.
(c) The signature and official stamp of an individual holding an office described in subsection (b) shall be prima facie evidence that the signature is genuine and the individual holds the designated title.
(d) An apostille in the form prescribed by the Hague Convention of October 5, 1961, and issued by a foreign state party to the Hague Convention conclusively shall establish that the signature of the notarial officer is genuine and that the officer holds the indicated office.
(e) A consular authentication issued by an individual designated by the United States Department of State as a notarizing officer for performing notarial acts overseas and attached to the record with respect to which the notarial act is performed conclusively shall establish that the signature of the notarial officer is genuine and that the officer holds the indicated office.
(Dec. 4, 2018, D.C. Law 22-189, § 14, 65 DCR 11606.)
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