2020 Iowa Code
Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT
Chapter 9B - NOTARIAL ACTS
Section 9B.20 - Notification regarding performance of notarial act on electronic record — selection of technology.
9B.20 Notification regarding performance of notarial act on electronic record — selection of technology.
1. A notary public 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.
2. Before a notary public performs the notary public’s initial notarial act with respect to an electronic record, a notary public shall notify the secretary of state that the notary public will be performing notarial acts with respect to electronic records and identify the technology the notary public intends to use. If the secretary of state has established standards for approval of technology pursuant to section 9B.27, the technology must conform to the standards. If the technology conforms to the standards, the secretary of state shall approve the use of the technology.
2012 Acts, ch 1050, §18, 60
For future text of subsection 2A, effective July 1, 2020, see 2019 Acts, ch 44, §9, 11
