51-101 Short Title
51-102 Definitions
51-103 Applicability
51-104 Authority to Perform Notarial Act
51-105 Requirements for Certain Notarial Acts
51-106 Personal Appearance Required
51-107 Identification of Individual
51-108 Authority to Refuse to Perform Notarial Act
51-109 Signature If Individual Unable to Sign
51-110 Notarial Act in This State
51-111 Notarial Act in Another State
51-112 Notarial Act Under Authority of Federally Recognized Indian Tribe
51-113 Notarial Act Under Federal Authority
51-114 Foreign Notarial Act
51-114A Notarial Act Performed by Remotely Located Individual
51-115 Certificate of Notarial Act
51-116 Short Form Certificates
51-116A Acknowledgment by Entity On Behalf of Another Entity
51-117 Official Stamp
51-118 Stamping Device
51-120 Notification Regarding Performance of Notarial Act On Electronic Record — Selection of Technology — Acceptance of Tangible Copy of Electronic Record
51-121 Commission as Notary Public — Qualifications — No Immunity or Benefit — Reappointment
51-122 Course of Study
51-123 Grounds to Deny, Revoke, Suspend or Condition Commission of Notary Public
51-124 Database of Notaries Public
51-125 Prohibited Acts
51-126 Validity of Notarial Acts
51-127 Rules
51-128 Notary Public Commission in Effect
51-129 Savings Clause
51-130 Uniformity of Application and Construction
51-131 Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act
51-132 Filing Fees
51-133 Notary Fee

Terms Used In Idaho Code > Title 51 > Chapter 1 - Revised Uniform Law On Notarial Acts (2018)

  • Acknowledgment: means a declaration by an individual before a notarial officer that the individual has signed a record for the purpose stated in the record and, if the record is signed in a representative capacity, that the individual signed the record with proper authority and signed it as the act of the individual or entity identified in the record. See Idaho Code 51-102
  • appear personally: means the notarial officer is physically close enough to see, hear, communicate with and receive identification documents from the individual seeking notarization and any required witness. See Idaho Code 51-102
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Electronic: means relating to technology having electrical, digital, magnetic, wireless, optical, electromagnetic or similar capabilities. See Idaho Code 51-102
  • Electronic signature: means an electronic symbol, sound 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 Idaho Code 51-102
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • In a representative capacity: means acting as:
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  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Notarial act: means an act, whether performed with respect to a tangible or electronic record, that a notarial officer may perform under the law of this state. See Idaho Code 51-102
  • Notarial officer: means a notary public or other individual authorized to perform a notarial act. See Idaho Code 51-102
  • Notary public: means an individual commissioned to perform a notarial act by the secretary of state. See Idaho Code 51-102
  • Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
  • Official stamp: means a physical image affixed to a tangible record or an electronic image attached to or logically associated with an electronic record. See Idaho Code 51-102
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • Person: means an individual, estate, business or nonprofit entity, public corporation, government or governmental subdivision, agency or instrumentality, or any other legal entity. See Idaho Code 51-102
  • Property: includes both real and personal property. See Idaho Code 73-114
  • Record: means information inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form. See Idaho Code 51-102
  • seal: includes an impression of such seal upon the paper, alone, as well as upon wax or a wafer affixed thereto; or, alternatively, the seal may be the mark of a rubber stamp providing substantially the same information as the impression. See Idaho Code 73-111
  • Sign: means , with present intent to authenticate or adopt a record by:
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  • Signature: means a tangible symbol or an electronic signature that evidences the signing of a record. See Idaho Code 51-102
  • Stamping device: means :
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  • State: means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. See Idaho Code 51-102
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
  • Verification on oath or affirmation: means a declaration, made by an individual on oath or affirmation before a notarial officer, that a statement in a record is true. See Idaho Code 51-102