2020 Missouri Revised Statutes
Title XXXII - Courts
Chapter 486 - Commissioners of Deeds and Notaries Public
Section 486.985 Production of electronic signature or seal, compromise of, requirements.
Effective - 28 Aug 2020
486.985. Production of electronic signature or seal, compromise of, requirements. — 1. Upon becoming aware that the status, functionality, or validity of the means for producing a registered electronic signature, notary seal, or single element combining the signature and seal, has changed, expired, terminated, or become compromised, the notary shall:
(1) Immediately notify the secretary;
(2) Cease producing seals or signatures in electronic notarizations using that means;
(3) Perform electronic notarizations only with a currently registered means or another means that has been registered within thirty days; and
(4) Dispose of any software, coding, disk, certificate, card, token, or program that has been rendered defunct, in the manner described in subsection 1 of section 486.995.
2. Pursuant to subsection 1 of this section, the secretary shall immediately suspend the electronic status of a notary who has no other currently registered means for producing electronic signatures or notary seals and, if such means is not registered within thirty days, electronic status shall be terminated.
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(L. 2020 H.B. 1655)
