Vermont § 5371 - Notification regarding performance of notarial act on electronic record; selection of technology
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§ 5371. Notification regarding performance of notarial act on electronic record; selection of technology
- (a) A notary public holding a special commission endorsement pursuant to subsection 5341(d) of this title and who is thus authorized to perform notarial acts on electronic records may select
one or more tamper-evident technologies to perform notarial acts with respect to electronic
records. A person shall not require a notary public to perform a notarial act with
respect to an electronic record with a technology that the notary public has not selected. (b) A recorder, as defined in 27 V.S.A. § 622, may accept for recording a tangible copy of an electronic record containing a notarial
certificate as satisfying any requirement that a record accepted for recording be
an original, if the notary public executing the notarial certificate certifies that
the tangible copy is an accurate copy of the electronic record. (Added 2017, No. 160 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. July 1, 2019; amended 2021, No. 171 (Adj. Sess.), § 5, eff. July 1, 2022.)
Source: official Vermont text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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