Acknowledgements and notarizations performed by means of remote communication technology, pursuant to section 6 of the Governors Executive Order 11-20 effective March 25, 2020, by which the Governor suspended the provisions of 39-4-6 of the code applicable to court reporters and other notaries, are deemed to be valid and cured of any defect from failure to comply with 39-4-6 of this code if the acknowledgements and notarizations were performed in accordance with the emergency rules promulgated by the West Virginia Secretary of State, which are found at the Code of State Rules 153-45 et. seq.
Structure West Virginia Code
Chapter 39. Records and Papers
Article 4. Revised Uniform Law on Notarial Acts
§39-4-3. Applicability; Operative Date of Enactment; Effect on Existing Law
§39-4-4. Authority to Perform Notarial Act
§39-4-5. Requirements for Certain Notarial Acts
§39-4-6. Personal Appearance Required
§39-4-6a. Remote Acknowledgements and Notarizations Under Covid-19 Executive Order Deemed Valid
§39-4-7. Identification of Individual
§39-4-8. Authority to Refuse to Perform Notarial Act
§39-4-9. Signature if Individual Is Unable to Sign
§39-4-10. Notarial Act in This State
§39-4-11. Notarial Act in Another State
§39-4-12. Notarial Act Under Authority of Federally Recognized Indian Tribe
§39-4-13. Notarial Act Under Federal Authority
§39-4-14. Foreign Notarial Act
§39-4-15. Certificate of Notarial Act
§39-4-16. Short Form Certificates
§39-4-20. Commission as Notary Public; Qualifications; No Immunity or Benefit; Disposition of Fees
§39-4-22. Database of Notaries Public
§39-4-24. Validity of Notarial Acts
§39-4-26. Notary Public Commission and Commissioner Appointment in Effect
§39-4-28. Uniformity of Application and Construction
§39-4-29. Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act
§39-4-31. Government Notaries Public
§39-4-32. Liability of Notary and of an Employer of Notary
§39-4-34. Action for Injunction; Unauthorized Practice of Law
§39-4-35. Administrative Complaints and Investigations
§39-4-36. Secretary of State Record Retention
§39-4-37. Remote Online Notarial Act Performed for Remotely Located Individual
§39-4-38. Remote Ink Notarial Act Performed for Remotely Located Individual