Recording an electronic document; electronic notarial certificate.
Summary
Recording an electronic document; electronic notarial certificate; emergency. Provides that if a clerk has an eRecording Sytem, the clerk shall follow the provisions of the Uniform Real Property Electronic Recording Act (§55.1-661 et seq.) The bill further provides that if a clerk does not have an eRecording System, the clerk shall record a legible paper copy of an electronic document, provided such copy otherwise meets the requirements for recordation and is certified to be a true and accurate copy of the electronic original by the party who submits the document for recordation. The bill requires an electronic notarial certificate to include the county or city in the Commonwealth where the notary public was physically located and indicate whether the notarization was done in person or by remote online notarization, defined in the bill as an electronic notarization where the signer is not in the physical presence of the notary. The bill also adds additional forms of "satisfactory evidence of identity" when a notary is using video and audio communication. The bill contains an emergency clause.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2021
Committee Review
Feb 2021
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2021
Senate Passage
Feb 2021
Signed into Law
Mar 2021
Introduced Jan 12, 2021
Signed Mar 11, 2021
Floor votes · Senate Feb 17, 2021 · House of Delegates Feb 3, 2021
How they voted
33–0
Passed
Total votes 33
Feb 17, 2021
D
Democratic17
100% Yea
R
Republican16
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
32
Key actions
10
Committee
9
Mar 11, 2021
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 78 (effective 3/11/21)
executive
Feb 17, 2021
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 15, 2021
Upper · Passed
Reported from Judiciary (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 4, 2021
Committee
Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
upper
Feb 3, 2021
Lower · Passed
Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 3, 2021
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N 1-A)
lower
Feb 2, 2021
Lower · Passed
Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2064H1
lower
Feb 2, 2021
Lower · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 21103673D-H1
lower
Jan 29, 2021
Lower · Passed
Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 27, 2021
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 27, 2021
Lower · Passed
House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
lower
Jan 26, 2021
Committee
Assigned Courts sub: Civil
lower
Jan 12, 2021
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
lower
Jan 12, 2021
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed with emergency clause; offered 01/13/21 21102874D
lower
1 primary · 6 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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