Iowa Code
Chapter 9B - NOTARIAL ACTS
Section 9B.8 - Authority to refuse to perform notarial act.

9B.8 Authority to refuse to perform notarial act.
1. A notarial officer may refuse to perform a notarial act if the notarial officer is not satisfied that any of the following apply:
a. The individual executing the record is competent or has the capacity to execute the record.
b. The individual’s signature is knowingly and voluntarily made.
2. A notarial officer may refuse to perform a notarial act unless refusal is prohibited by law other than this chapter.
3. A notarial officer shall not condition the performing of notarial services upon the requirement that the person served be a customer or client of the establishment by which the notarial officer is employed. The employer of a notary public shall not condition the performing of a notarial service upon the requirement that the person served be a customer or client of the establishment by which the notary public is employed.
2012 Acts, ch 1050, §7, 60

Structure Iowa Code

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.