South Carolina § 26-2-70 - Fees for electronic notarial acts.

§ 26-2-70. Fees for electronic notarial acts.

(A) An electronic notary public may charge the maximum fee for performing an electronic notarial act specified in subsection (B), charge less than the maximum fee, or waive the fee.

(B) The maximum fees that may be charged by an electronic notary public for performing electronic notarial acts are:

(1) for acknowledgments, ten dollars per signature;

(2) for oaths and affirmations, ten dollars per signature;

(3) for attestations and jurats, ten dollars per signature;

(4) for signature witnessing, ten dollars per signature;

(5) for verifications of fact, ten dollars per signature; and

(6) for any other acts authorized by law, ten dollars per signature.

(C) An electronic notary public may charge a travel fee when traveling to perform an electronic notarial act if:

(1) the electronic notary public and the person requesting the electronic notarial act agree upon the travel fee in advance of the travel; and

(2) the electronic notary public explains to the person requesting the electronic notarial act that the travel fee is both separate from the notarial fee prescribed by subsection (B) and neither specified nor mandated by law.

(D) An electronic notary public who charges fees for performing electronic notarial acts shall conspicuously display in all of the electronic notary public's places of business and Internet websites, or present to each principal or requester of fact when outside these places of business, an English-language schedule of maximum fees for electronic notarial acts, as specified in subsection (B). A notarial fee schedule may not appear or be printed in smaller than ten-point type.

HISTORY: 2021 Act No. 85 (S.631), SECTION 2, eff May 18, 2021.

Editor's Note

2021 Act No. 85, SECTIONS 1, 6, provide as follows:

"SECTION 1. This act must be known and may be cited as the 'South Carolina Electronic Notary Public Act'."

"SECTION 6. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor. Electronic online notary public applications will not be accepted for processing until the administrative rules are in effect and vendors of technology are approved by the Secretary of State."