(a) Selection.--A notary public may select one or more tamper-evident technologies to perform notarial acts with respect to electronic records. A person may not require a notary public to perform a notarial act with respect to an electronic record with a technology that the notary public has not selected.
(b) Notice and approval.--
(1) Before a notary public performs the initial notarial act with respect to an electronic record, a notary public shall notify the department that the notary public will be performing notarial acts with respect to electronic records and identify each technology the notary public intends to use.
(2) If the department has established standards for approval of technology under section 327 (relating to regulations), the technology must conform to the standards. If the technology conforms to the standards, the department shall approve the use of the technology.
(c) Certification of tangible copies.--A recorder of deeds may accept for recording a tangible copy of an electronic record containing a notarial certificate as satisfying any requirement that the record be an original, if the notarial officer executing the notarial certificate certifies that the tangible copy is an accurate copy of the electronic record.
(Oct. 29, 2020, P.L.1030, No.97, eff. imd.)
2020 Amendment. Act 97 added subsec. (c).
Cross References. Section 320 is referred to in section 5731 of Title 35 (Health and Safety).
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