(a) When performing a notarization, a notary public shall

Terms Used In Alaska Statutes 44.50.063

  • electronic: means relating to technology having electrical, digital, magnetic, wireless, optical, electromagnetic, or similar capabilities. See Alaska Statutes 44.50.200
  • electronic signature: means an electronic sound, symbol, or process attached to or logically associated with a record and executed or adopted by an individual with the intent to sign the record. See Alaska Statutes 44.50.200
  • notarial act: means an act, whether performed with respect to a tangible or electronic record, that is identified as a notarial act under Alaska Stat. See Alaska Statutes 44.50.200
  • notary public: means a person commissioned to perform notarial acts under this chapter. See Alaska Statutes 44.50.200
  • sign: means , with present intent to authenticate or adopt a record, to
    (A) execute or adopt a tangible symbol. See Alaska Statutes 44.50.200
  • signature: means a tangible symbol or an electronic signature that evidences the signing of a record. See Alaska Statutes 44.50.200
(1) sign in the notary public’s own handwriting, on the notarial certificate, exactly and only the name indicated on the notary public’s commission certificate, or sign an electronic document by electronic means as authorized by regulations adopted by the lieutenant governor; and
(2) affix the official signature only at the time the notarial act is performed.
(b) A notary public shall comply in a timely manner with a request by the lieutenant governor to supply a current sample of the notary public’s official handwritten signature and information regarding the notary public’s electronic signature.
(c) Within 10 days after the security of a notary public’s electronic signature has been compromised, the notary public shall provide the lieutenant governor with written notification that the signature has been compromised. After the notary public has provided the lieutenant governor with the notification, the notary public shall provide the lieutenant governor with any additional information that the lieutenant governor requests about the compromise of the signature.
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