The Tennessee legislature recently enacted the Online Notary Public Act, effective July 1, 2019.  In addition, the Tennessee Department of State has adopted rules for the commissioning of online notary publics and the standards for performing online notarizations.  TENNESSEE SENATE BILL 1758 A person may personally appear before the officer taking an acknowledgment by: Physically […]

The New Mexico legislature recently amended its laws to provide for the filing of duplicate documents.  The Rhode Island legislature has enacted the Uniform Real Property Electronic Recording Act (“Act”).  All the legislation discussed here is effective July 1, 2019. NEW MEXICO HOUSE BILL 293 Where an original instrument of writing is unavailable for filing […]