RCW 42.45.030
Certain notarial acts—Requirements.
(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 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 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 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 compare the copy with the original record or item and determine that the copy is a full, true, and accurate transcription or reproduction of the record or item.
(5) A notarial officer may make or note a protest of a negotiable instrument only if the notarial officer is licensed to practice law in this state, acting under the authority of an attorney who is licensed to practice law in this or another state, or acting under the authority of a financial institution regulated by this state, another state, or the federal government. In making or noting a protest of a negotiable instrument the notarial officer or licensed attorney shall determine the matters set forth in RCW 62A.3-505(b).
[ 2017 c 281 § 5.]
Structure Revised Code of Washington
Title 42 - Public Officers and Agencies
Chapter 42.45 - Revised Uniform Law on Notarial Acts.
42.45.020 - Authority to perform notarial act.
42.45.030 - Certain notarial acts—Requirements.
42.45.040 - Personal appearance.
42.45.050 - Identification of individual.
42.45.060 - Refusal to perform notarial act.
42.45.070 - Individual unable to sign—Signature.
42.45.080 - Notarial act in this state.
42.45.090 - Notarial act in another state—Effect in this state.
42.45.100 - Notarial act under authority of federally recognized Indian tribe.
42.45.110 - Notarial act under federal authority.
42.45.120 - Foreign notarial act.
42.45.130 - Certificate of notarial act.
42.45.140 - Short form certificates.
42.45.160 - Stamping device—Security.
42.45.190 - Notarial acts on electronic records—Technology—Notification—Standards.
42.45.220 - Database of notaries public.
42.45.240 - Validity of notarial acts.
42.45.260 - Commissions in effect July 1, 2018—Continuation.
42.45.270 - Uniform regulation of business and professions act—Application.
42.45.280 - Electronic records notary public.
42.45.903 - Application—Construction.
42.45.904 - Relation to electronic signatures in global and national commerce act.