1. A notary shall keep, maintain, protect, and provide for lawful inspection a chronological journal of notarial acts that is a permanently bound book with numbered pages.

2. A notary shall maintain only one active permanently bound journal at the same time.

Terms Used In Missouri Laws 486.700

  • 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

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.