2011 Kentucky Revised Statutes CHAPTER 423 NOTARIES PUBLIC AND COMMISSIONERS OF FOREIGN DEEDS 423.110 Recognition of notarial acts performed outside this state.
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423.110 Recognition of notarial acts performed outside this state.
For the purposes of KRS 423.110 to 423.190, "notarial acts" means acts which the laws
and regulations of this state authorize notaries public of this state to perform, including
the administering of oaths and affirmations, taking proof of execution and
acknowledgments of instruments, and attesting documents. Notarial acts may be
performed outside this state for use in this state with the same effect as if performed by a
notary public of this state by the following persons authorized pursuant to the laws and
regulations of other governments in addition to any other person authorized by the laws
and regulations of this state:
(1) A notary public authorized to perform notarial acts in the place in which the act is
performed;
(2) A judge, clerk, or deputy clerk of any court of record in the place in which the
notarial act is performed;
(3) An officer of the foreign service of the United States, a consular agent, or any other
person authorized by regulation of the United States Department of State to perform
notarial acts in the place in which the act is performed;
(4) A commissioned officer in active service with the Armed Forces of the United
States and any other person authorized by regulation of the Armed Forces to
perform notarial acts if the notarial act is performed for one (1) of the following or
his dependents: a merchant seaman of the United States, a member of the Armed
Forces of the United States, or any other person serving with or accompanying the
Armed Forces of the United States;
(5) Any other person authorized to perform notarial acts in the place in which the act is
performed; or
(6) A person, either a resident or a nonresident of Kentucky, who is appointed by the
Governor of Kentucky to perform notarial acts in or outside this state covering
writings prepared for recordation in this state.
Effective: July 15, 1982
History: Amended 1982 Ky. Acts ch. 144, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1982. -- Amended
1976 Ky. Acts ch. 65, sec. 1. -- Created 1970 Ky. Acts ch. 131, sec. 1, effective July
1, 1970.
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