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Kentucky Revised Statutes Title XXXVIII. Witnesses, Evidence, Notaries, Commissioners of Foreign Deeds, and Legal Notices § 423.310.Notarial acts; tangible and electronic records; online notary; prohibited acts; tangible copy of electronic record

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by FindLaw Staff

(1) A notarial officer may perform the following notarial acts:

(a) Take acknowledgments;

(b) Administer oaths and affirmations;

(c) Take verifications of statements on oath or affirmation;

(d) Certify that a copy of any document, other than a document that is recorded or in the custody of any federal, state, or local governmental agency, office, or court, is a true copy;

(e) Certify depositions of witnesses;

(f) Make or note a protest of a negotiable instrument;

(g) Witness or attest signatures; and

(h) Perform any notarial act authorized by a law of the Commonwealth other than KRS 423.300 to 423.455.

(2) A notary public may perform any of the notarial acts listed in subsection (1) of this section with respect to tangible records and electronic records.

(3) Upon registration with the Secretary of State, an online notary may perform any of the notarial acts listed in subsection (1) of this section as an electronic notarization.

(4) A notarial officer shall not perform a notarial act with respect to a record to which the notarial officer or the notarial officer's spouse or other member of the notarial officer's immediate family is a party, or in which any of those individuals has a direct beneficial interest. A notarial act performed in violation of this subsection is voidable.

(5) A notarial officer may certify that a tangible copy of an electronic record is an accurate copy of the electronic record.

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