2021 Missouri Revised Statutes
Title XXXII - Courts
Chapter 486 - Commissioners of Deeds and Notaries Public
Section 486.945 - Journal of notarial acts, requirements.
Effective - 28 Aug 2020
486.945. Journal of notarial acts, requirements. — 1. An electronic notary shall keep, maintain, protect, and provide for lawful inspection a chronological journal of notarial acts that is a permanently bound book with numbered pages.
2. If a notary is registered as an electronic notary:
(1) The notary shall keep an electronic journal of electronic notarial acts as described in section 486.950; and
(2) The notary shall keep a record of electronic notarial acts in the permanently bound journal.
3. A notary shall maintain only one active permanently bound journal at the same time, except that a backup of each active and inactive electronic journal shall be retained by the notary in accordance with subdivision (3) of subsection 1 of section 486.950 if each respective original electronic journal is retained.
4. A notary shall keep the permanently bound journal for a period of no less than ten years from the date of the last entry.
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(L. 2020 H.B. 1655)
