Subdivision 1. Specific grounds. A notarial officer may refuse to perform a notarial act if the officer is not satisfied that:
(1) the individual executing the record is competent or has the capacity to execute the record; or
(2) the individual's signature is knowingly and voluntarily made.
Subd. 2. General limitation. A notarial officer may refuse to perform a notarial act unless refusal is prohibited by law other than sections 358.51 to 358.76.
2018 c 176 art 1 s 8
Structure Minnesota Statutes
Chapters 357 - 359 — Court And Filing Fees; Attestations
Chapter 358 — Seals, Oaths, Acknowledgments
Section 358.01 — Private Seals Abolished.
Section 358.028 — Legislators, Official Stamps.
Section 358.03 — Form Of Official Seals.
Section 358.04 — Temporary Seal, When Used.
Section 358.05 — Oath Of Office.
Section 358.06 — Trustees, Referees.
Section 358.07 — Forms Of Oath In Various Cases.
Section 358.08 — Affirmation In Lieu Of Oath.
Section 358.09 — By Whom And How Administered.
Section 358.10 — Officials May Administer, When.
Section 358.11 — Oaths, Where Filed.
Section 358.115 — Unsworn Foreign Declarations.
Section 358.116 — Court Documents.
Section 358.14 — Married Persons.
Section 358.15 — Ex Officio Notary Public.
Section 358.25 — Power Given For Taking Acknowledgments For Protesting Bills Of Exchange.
Section 358.50 — Effect Of Acknowledgment.
Section 358.53 — Applicability.
Section 358.54 — Authority To Perform Notarial Act.
Section 358.55 — Requirements For Certain Notarial Acts.
Section 358.56 — Personal Appearance Required.
Section 358.57 — Identification Of Individual.
Section 358.58 — Authority To Refuse To Perform Notarial Act.
Section 358.59 — Signature If Individual Unable To Sign.
Section 358.60 — Notarial Act In This State.
Section 358.61 — Notarial Act In Another State.
Section 358.62 — Notarial Act Under Authority Of Federally Recognized Tribe.
Section 358.63 — Notarial Act Under Federal Authority.
Section 358.64 — Foreign Notarial Act.
Section 358.645 — Remote Online Notary Public.
Section 358.646 — Recording Electronic Documents In Tangible Form.
Section 358.65 — Certificate Of Notarial Act.
Section 358.66 — Short Form Certificates.
Section 358.67 — Official Stamp.
Section 358.68 — Stamping Device Security.
Section 358.69 — Performance Of Notarial Act On Electronic Record.
Section 358.71 — Database Of Notaries Public.
Section 358.72 — Prohibited Acts.
Section 358.73 — Validity Of Notarial Acts.
Section 358.74 — Notary Public Commission In Effect.
Section 358.75 — Savings Clause.
Section 358.76 — Relation To Electronic Signatures In Global And National Commerce Act.