(a) Specific refusal.--A notarial officer may refuse to perform a notarial act if the notarial officer is not satisfied that:
(1) the individual executing the record is competent or has the capacity to execute the record;
(2) the individual's signature is knowingly and voluntarily made;
(3) the individual's signature on the record or statement substantially conforms to the signature on a form of identification used to determine the identity of the individual; or
(4) the physical appearance of the individual signing the record or statement substantially conforms to the photograph on a form of identification used to determine the identity of the individual.
(b) General refusal.--A notarial officer may refuse to perform a notarial act unless refusal is prohibited by law other than this chapter.
Structure Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Chapter 3 - Revised Uniform Law on Notarial Acts
Section 301 - Short title of chapter
Section 304 - Authority to perform notarial act
Section 305 - Requirements for certain notarial acts
Section 306 - Personal appearance required
Section 306.1 - Notarial act performed for remotely located individual
Section 307 - Identification of individual
Section 308 - Authority to refuse to perform notarial act
Section 310 - Notarial act in this Commonwealth
Section 311 - Notarial act in another state
Section 312 - Notarial act under authority of federally recognized Indian tribe
Section 313 - Notarial act under Federal authority
Section 314 - Foreign notarial act
Section 315 - Certificate of notarial act
Section 316 - Short form certificates
Section 321 - Appointment and commission as notary public; qualifications; no immunity or benefit
Section 322 - Examination, basic education and continuing education
Section 324 - Database of notaries public
Section 326 - Validity of notarial acts
Section 328 - Notary public commission in effect
Section 329.1 - Fees of notaries public
Section 330 - Uniformity of application and construction
Section 331 - Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act