2021 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 26 - Notaries Public and Acknowledgements
Chapter 2 - Electronic Notaries Public
Section 26-2-170. Electronic evidence of authenticity of official electronic signature and electronic seal.

Electronic evidence of the authenticity of the official electronic signature and electronic seal of an electronic notary public of this State, if required, must be attached to, or logically associated with, a notarized electronic document transmitted to another state or nation and must be in the form of an electronic certificate of authority signed by the Secretary of State in conformance with any current and pertinent international treaties, agreements, and conventions subscribed to by the government of the United States.

HISTORY: 2021 Act No. 85 (S.631), Section 2, eff May 18, 2021.

Editor's Note

2021 Act No. 85, Sections 1, 6, provide as follows:

"SECTION 1. This act must be known and may be cited as the 'South Carolina Electronic Notary Public Act'."

"SECTION 6. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor. Electronic online notary public applications will not be accepted for processing until the administrative rules are in effect and vendors of technology are approved by the Secretary of State."