Missouri Laws 486.955 – Resignation, revocation, expiration, or death of electronic notary
Upon resignation, revocation, or expiration of a notary commission, or death of the electronic notary:
(1) The journal and notarial records shall be delivered to the secretary in accordance with sections 486.795 to 486.800 by any means providing a tangible receipt, including certified mail and electronic transmission, allowing that an electronic journal may be delivered on disk, printed on paper, or transmitted electronically, in accordance with the requirements of the secretary; and
Terms Used In Missouri Laws 486.955
- Commission: both the granting of authority to perform notarial acts and the written evidence of the granting of authority to perform such acts. See Missouri Laws 486.600
- 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
- Secretary: the secretary of state for the state of Missouri. See Missouri Laws 486.600
(2) In the case of an electronic journal and backup copy where disks or other physical storage media are not required to be surrendered, no further entries shall be made in the journal and backup. The journal and backup shall be safeguarded until both are erased or expunged after ten years from the date of the last entry by the notary or the notary’s personal representative.