RCW 42.45.050
Identification of individual.
(1) A notarial officer has personal knowledge of the identity of an individual appearing before the officer if the individual is personally known to the officer through dealings sufficient to provide reasonable certainty that the individual has the identity claimed.
(2) A notarial officer has satisfactory evidence of the identity of an individual appearing before the officer if the officer can identify the individual:
(a) By means of:
(i) A passport, driver's license, or government-issued nondriver identification card, which is current or expired not more than three years before performance of the notarial act; or
(ii) Another form of government identification issued to an individual, which is current or expired not more than three years before performance of the notarial act, contains the signature or a photograph of the individual, and is satisfactory to the officer; or
(b) By a verification on oath or affirmation of a credible witness personally appearing before the officer and personally known to the officer and who provides satisfactory evidence of his or her identity as described in (a) of this subsection.
(3) A notarial officer may require an individual to provide additional information or identification credentials necessary to assure the officer of the identity of the individual.
[ 2017 c 281 § 7.]
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.