Iowa Code
Chapter 9B - NOTARIAL ACTS
Section 9B.5 - Requirements for certain notarial acts.

9B.5 Requirements for certain notarial acts.
1. A notarial officer who takes an acknowledgment of a record shall determine, from personal knowledge or satisfactory evidence of the identity of the individual, that the individual appearing before the notarial officer and making the acknowledgment has the identity claimed and that the signature on the record is the signature of the individual.
2. A notarial officer who takes a verification of a statement on oath or affirmation shall determine, from personal knowledge or satisfactory evidence of the identity of the individual, that the individual appearing before the notarial officer and making the verification has the identity claimed and that the signature on the statement verified is the signature of the individual.
3. A notarial officer who witnesses or attests to a signature shall determine, from personal knowledge or satisfactory evidence of the identity of the individual, that the individual appearing before the notarial officer and signing the record has the identity claimed.
4. A notarial officer who certifies or attests a copy of a record or an item that was copied shall determine that the copy is a full, true, and accurate transcription or reproduction of the record or item.
5. A notarial officer who makes or notes a protest of a negotiable instrument shall determine the matters set forth in section 554.3505, subsection 2.
2012 Acts, ch 1050, §4, 60
Referred to in §9B.15

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Iowa Code

Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT

Chapter 9B - NOTARIAL ACTS

Section 9B.1 - Short title.

Section 9B.2 - Definitions.

Section 9B.4 - Authority to perform notarial act.

Section 9B.5 - Requirements for certain notarial acts.

Section 9B.6 - Personal appearance required.

Section 9B.7 - Identification of individual.

Section 9B.8 - Authority to refuse to perform notarial act.

Section 9B.9 - Signature if individual unable to sign.

Section 9B.10 - Notarial act in this state.

Section 9B.11 - Notarial act in another state.

Section 9B.12 - Notarial act under authority of federally recognized Indian tribe.

Section 9B.13 - Notarial act under federal authority.

Section 9B.14 - Foreign notarial act.

Section 9B.14A - Notarial act performed for remotely located individual.

Section 9B.14B - Remote facilitator.

Section 9B.14C - Use of information.

Section 9B.15 - Certificate of notarial act.

Section 9B.16 - Short form certificates.

Section 9B.17 - Official stamp.

Section 9B.18 - Stamping device.

Section 9B.20 - Notification regarding performance of notarial act on electronic record — selection of technology.

Section 9B.21 - Commission as notary public — qualifications — no immunity or benefit.

Section 9B.21A - Notice of expiration of term.

Section 9B.21B - Fees — certification.

Section 9B.23 - Grounds to deny, refuse to renew, revoke, suspend, or condition commission of notary public.

Section 9B.24 - Database of notaries public.

Section 9B.25 - Prohibited acts.

Section 9B.26 - Validity of notarial acts.

Section 9B.27 - Rules.

Section 9B.28 - Notary public commission in effect.

Section 9B.30 - Uniformity of application and construction.

Section 9B.31 - Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act.