140.08 Authority to refuse to perform notarial act.
(1) A notarial officer may refuse to perform a notarial act if the officer is not satisfied with respect to any of the following:
(a) That the individual executing the record is competent or has the capacity to execute the record.
(b) That the individual's signature is knowingly and voluntarily made.
(2) A notarial officer may refuse to perform a notarial act unless refusal is prohibited by law other than this chapter.
History: 2019 a. 125.
Structure Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Chapter 140 - Notaries public; notarial acts.
140.04 - Authority to perform notarial act.
140.05 - Requirements for certain notarial acts.
140.06 - Personal appearance required.
140.07 - Identification of individual.
140.08 - Authority to refuse to perform notarial act.
140.09 - Signature if individual unable to sign.
140.10 - Notarial act in this state.
140.11 - Notarial act in another state.
140.12 - Notarial act under authority of federally recognized Indian tribe.
140.13 - Notarial act under federal authority.
140.14 - Foreign notarial act.
140.145 - Notarial act performed for remotely located individual.
140.15 - Certificate of notarial act.
140.16 - Short form certificates.
140.24 - Database of notaries public.
140.26 - Validity of notarial acts.
140.27 - Rules; powers of the department.
140.30 - Uniformity of application and construction.
140.31 - Relation to electronic signatures in global and national commerce act.