1. If a notary is registered as a remote online notary:

(1) The notary shall keep an electronic journal of remote online notarial acts as described in section 486.1190; and

Terms Used In Missouri Laws 486.1180

  • journal: a permanently bound book to create and preserve a chronological record of notarizations that is maintained by the notary public who performed the same notarizations. See Missouri Laws 486.600
  • notary: any person commissioned to perform notarial acts pursuant to this chapter. See Missouri Laws 486.600

(2) The notary shall also keep a record of remote online notarial acts in the permanently bound journal.

2. A notary shall maintain only one active permanently bound journal at the same time, except that a backup of each active and inactive electronic journal shall be retained by the notary in accordance with subdivision (3) of subsection 1 of section 486.1190 as long as each respective original electronic journal is retained.

3. A notary shall keep the permanently bound journal for a period of no less than ten years from the date of the last entry.

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