(1) The Secretary of State shall maintain an electronic database of notaries public:
(a) Through which a person may verify the authority of a notary public to perform notarial acts; and

Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 423.400

  • Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
  • State: when applied to a part of the United States, includes territories, outlying possessions, and the District of Columbia. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010

(b) Which indicates whether a notary public has registered with the Secretary of State in order to perform notarial acts on electronic records or to act as an online notary public.
(2) Each county clerk who files a notary public’s assurance and administers the oath of office to a notary public shall promptly record the fact and date in the database described in subsection (1) of this section.
Effective: January 1, 2020
History: Created 2019 Ky. Acts ch. 86, sec. 21, effective January 1, 2020.