West Virginia Code
Chapter 39. Records and Papers
Article 4. Revised Uniform Law on Notarial Acts

§39-4-1. Short Title - This article may be cited as the Revised Uniform Law...

§39-4-2. Definitions - In this article: (1) "Acknowledgment" means a declaration by an...

§39-4-3. Applicability; Operative Date of Enactment; Effect on Existing Law - (a) This article applies to a notarial act performed on...

§39-4-4. Authority to Perform Notarial Act - (a) A notarial officer may perform a notarial act authorized...

§39-4-5. Requirements for Certain Notarial Acts - (a) A notarial officer who takes an acknowledgment of a...

§39-4-6. Personal Appearance Required - (a) If a notarial act relates to a statement made...

§39-4-6a. Remote Acknowledgements and Notarizations Under Covid-19 Executive Order Deemed Valid - Acknowledgements and notarizations performed by means of remote communication technology,...

§39-4-7. Identification of Individual - (a) A notarial officer has personal knowledge of the identity...

§39-4-8. Authority to Refuse to Perform Notarial Act - (a) A notarial officer may refuse to perform a notarial...

§39-4-9. Signature if Individual Is Unable to Sign - If an individual is physically unable to sign a record,...

§39-4-10. Notarial Act in This State - (a) A notarial act may be performed in this state...

§39-4-11. Notarial Act in Another State - (a) A notarial act performed in another state has the...

§39-4-12. Notarial Act Under Authority of Federally Recognized Indian Tribe - (a) A notarial act performed under the authority and in...

§39-4-13. Notarial Act Under Federal Authority - (a) A notarial act performed under federal law has the...

§39-4-14. Foreign Notarial Act - (a) In this section, "foreign state" means a government other...

§39-4-15. Certificate of Notarial Act - (a) A notarial act must be evidenced by a certificate....

§39-4-16. Short Form Certificates - The following short form certificates of notarial acts are sufficient...

§39-4-17. Official Stamp - The official stamp of a notary public must: (1) Include...

§39-4-18. Stamping Device - (a) A notary public is responsible for the security of...

§39-4-19. Notification Regarding Performance of Notarial Act on Electronic Record, Selection of Technology - (a) A notary public may select one or more tamper-evident...

§39-4-20. Commission as Notary Public; Qualifications; No Immunity or Benefit; Disposition of Fees - (a) An individual qualified under subsection (b) of this section...

§39-4-21. Grounds to Deny, Refuse to Renew, Revoke, Suspend, or Condition Commission of Notary Public - (a) The Secretary of State may deny, refuse to renew,...

§39-4-22. Database of Notaries Public - (a) The Secretary of State shall maintain an electronic database...

§39-4-23. Prohibited Acts - (a) A commission as a notary public does not authorize...

§39-4-24. Validity of Notarial Acts - Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), section four of...

§39-4-25. Rules - (a) The Secretary of State may promulgate rules, in accordance...

§39-4-26. Notary Public Commission and Commissioner Appointment in Effect - (a) A commission as a notary public in effect on...

§39-4-27. Savings Clause - This article does not affect the validity or effect of...

§39-4-28. Uniformity of Application and Construction - In applying and construing this uniform act, consideration must be...

§39-4-29. Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act - This article modifies, limits, and supersedes the Electronic Signatures in...

§39-4-30. Maximum Fees - (a) The maximum fee in this state for notarization of...

§39-4-31. Government Notaries Public - (a) State and local government employees may be commissioned as...

§39-4-32. Liability of Notary and of an Employer of Notary - (a) A notary public is liable to the persons involved...

§39-4-33. Criminal Penalties - (a) A notary public who knowingly and willfully commits any...

§39-4-34. Action for Injunction; Unauthorized Practice of Law - Upon his or her own information or upon complaint of...

§39-4-35. Administrative Complaints and Investigations - (a) In addition to the powers and duties contained in...

§39-4-36. Secretary of State Record Retention - (a) The provisions of subsection (c), section three, article two,...

§39-4-37. Remote Online Notarial Act Performed for Remotely Located Individual - (a) In this section: (1) "Communication technology" means an electronic...

§39-4-38. Remote Ink Notarial Act Performed for Remotely Located Individual - (a) A document may be notarized for an individual who...