1. For every electronic notarial act, the electronic notary shall record in the electronic journal at the time of notarization the following:

(1) The date and time of day of the electronic notarial act;

Terms Used In Missouri Laws 486.947

  • certificate: the part of, or attachment to, a notarized document that, in the performance of the notarization, is completed by the notary, bears the notary's official signature and seal, and states the date, venue, and facts attested by the notary in the particular notarial act. See Missouri Laws 486.600
  • Credible witness: an honest, reliable, and impartial person who personally knows an individual appearing before a notary and takes an oath or affirmation from the notary to vouch for that individual's identity. See Missouri Laws 486.600
  • 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.
  • following: when used by way of reference to any section of the statutes, mean the section next preceding or next following that in which the reference is made, unless some other section is expressly designated in the reference. See Missouri Laws 1.020
  • 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
  • notarization: any official act of certification, attestation, or administration that a notary public is empowered to perform pursuant to this chapter. See Missouri Laws 486.600
  • notary: any person commissioned to perform notarial acts pursuant to this chapter. See Missouri Laws 486.600
  • person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships and other unincorporated associations. See Missouri Laws 1.020
  • Regular place of work or business: a stationary office or workspace where one spends all or some of one's working or business hours. See Missouri Laws 486.600
  • Requester of fact: a person who asks the notary public to perform a copy certification. See Missouri Laws 486.600

(2) The type of electronic notarial act;

(3) The type, title, or a description of the document or proceeding;

(4) The signature, printed name, and address of each principal;

(5) The printed name and address of each requester of fact;

(6) The evidence of identity of each principal in the form of either:

(a) A statement that the person is personally known to the notary;

(b) A notation of the type of identification document, the issuing agency, the serial or identification number, and the date of issuance or expiration;

(c) The handwritten signature and the name and address of each credible witness swearing or affirming to the principal’s identity, and for credible witnesses who are not personally known to the notary, a description of the identification documents relied on by the notary; or

(d) In the case of an electronic journal, a recognized biometric identifier, in accordance with subdivision (4) of subsection 1 of section 486.950;

(7) The fee, if any, charged for the electronic notarial act;

(8) The address where the electronic notarial act was performed, if not the address of the notary’s regular place of work or business; and

(9) The name of any authority issuing or registering the means used to create the electronic signature that was notarized, the source of this authority’s license, if any, and the expiration date of the electronic process.

2. An electronic notary shall not record a Social Security number or credit card number in the journal.

3. An electronic notary may record in the journal the circumstances for not performing or completing any requested electronic notarial act.

4. As required in subdivision (4) of subsection 2 of section 486.745, a notary shall append to the pertinent entry in the journal a notation of the nature and date of the notary’s correction of a completed notarial certificate corresponding to the entry.

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