§ 42-30.1-5. Personal appearance required.
If a notarial act relates to a statement made in, or a signature executed upon, a record, the individual making the statement or executing the signature shall appear personally before the notarial officer. For purposes of this section, personal appearance means that the principal and the notary public communicate by communication technology at the time of the notarization; or that the principal and notary public are physically close enough to communicate with each other at the time of notarization.
History of Section.P.L. 2018, ch. 104, § 4; P.L. 2018, ch. 109, § 4; P.L. 2022, ch. 438, § 2, effective June 30, 2022; P.L. 2022, ch. 439, § 2, effective June 30, 2022.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Title 42 - State Affairs and Government
Chapter 42-30.1 - Uniform Law on Notarial Acts
Section 42-30.1-2. - Definitions.
Section 42-30.1-3. - Authority to perform notarial act.
Section 42-30.1-4. - Requirements for certain notarial acts.
Section 42-30.1-5. - Personal appearance required.
Section 42-30.1-6. - Identification of individual.
Section 42-30.1-7. - Authority to refuse to perform notarial act.
Section 42-30.1-8. - Signature if individual unable to sign.
Section 42-30.1-9. - Notarial act in this state.
Section 42-30.1-10. - Notarial act in another state.
Section 42-30.1-11. - Notarial act under federal authority.
Section 42-30.1-12. - Foreign notarial act.
Section 42-30.1-12.1. - Notarial act performed for remotely located individual.
Section 42-30.1-12.2. - Certificate of notarial act for a remotely located individual.
Section 42-30.1-13. - Official stamp.
Section 42-30.1-15. - Commission as notary public — Qualifications — No immunity or benefit.
Section 42-30.1-17. - Database of notaries public.
Section 42-30.1-18. - Prohibited acts.
Section 42-30.1-19. - Validity of notarial acts.
Section 42-30.1-20. - Fees for authentication of a notary public signature.
Section 42-30.1-20.1. - Fees to perform notarial acts.
Section 42-30.1-21. - Notary public — Fraud or deceit in office.
Section 42-30.1-22. - Notary public commission effect.
Section 42-30.1-23. - Savings clause.
Section 42-30.1-24. - Relation to electronic signatures in global and national commerce act.