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Revised Uniform Law on Notarial Acts

W. Va. Code § 39-4-1— Short title
W. Va. Code § 39-4-2— Definitions
W. Va. Code § 39-4-3— Applicability; operative date of enactment; effect on existing law
W. Va. Code § 39-4-4— Authority to perform notarial act
W. Va. Code § 39-4-6— Personal appearance required
W. Va. Code § 39-4-6a— Remote acknowledgements and notarizations under COVID-19 Executive Order deemed valid
W. Va. Code § 39-4-7— Identification of individual
W. Va. Code § 39-4-8— Authority to refuse to perform notarial act
W. Va. Code § 39-4-9— Signature if individual is unable to sign
W. Va. Code § 39-4-10— Notarial act in this state
W. Va. Code § 39-4-11— Notarial act in another state
W. Va. Code § 39-4-12— Notarial act under authority of federally recognized Indian tribe
W. Va. Code § 39-4-13— Notarial act under federal authority
W. Va. Code § 39-4-14— Foreign notarial act
W. Va. Code § 39-4-15— Certificate of notarial act
W. Va. Code § 39-4-16— Short form certificates
W. Va. Code § 39-4-17— Official stamp
W. Va. Code § 39-4-18— Stamping device
W. Va. Code § 39-4-19— Notification regarding performance of notarial act on electronic record, selection of technology
W. Va. Code § 39-4-20— Commission as notary public; qualifications; no immunity or benefit; disposition of fees
W. Va. Code § 39-4-21— Grounds to deny, refuse to renew, revoke, suspend, or condition commission of notary public
W. Va. Code § 39-4-22— Database of notaries public
W. Va. Code § 39-4-23— Prohibited acts
W. Va. Code § 39-4-24— Validity of notarial acts
W. Va. Code § 39-4-25— Rules
W. Va. Code § 39-4-26— Notary public commission and commissioner appointment in effect
W. Va. Code § 39-4-27— Savings clause
W. Va. Code § 39-4-28— Uniformity of application and construction
W. Va. Code § 39-4-29— Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act
W. Va. Code § 39-4-30— Maximum fees
W. Va. Code § 39-4-31— Government notaries public
W. Va. Code § 39-4-32— Liability of notary and of an employer of notary
W. Va. Code § 39-4-33— Criminal penalties
W. Va. Code § 39-4-34— Action for injunction; unauthorized practice of law
W. Va. Code § 39-4-35— Administrative complaints and investigations
W. Va. Code § 39-4-36— Secretary of State record retention
W. Va. Code § 39-4-37— Remote online notarial act performed for remotely located individual
W. Va. Code § 39-4-38— Remote ink notarial act performed for remotely located individual