Notary services in Washington

RCW 42.45: mission shall submit to the director an assurance in the form of a surety bond in the amount established by the director in rule. The assurance must be issued by a surety or other entity licensed or authorized to write surety bonds in this state. The assurance must be effective for a four-year term or for a term that expires on the date the notary public's commissio

RCW 42.45: 42.45.180 Journal. (1) A notary public shall maintain a journal in which the notary public chronicles all notarial acts that the notary public performs. The notary public shall retain the journal for ten years after the performance of the last notarial act chronicled in the journal. The journal is to be destroyed as required by the director in rule upon completion of the ten-year period.

RCW 42.45: Personal appearance. HTML PDF 42.45.050 Identification of individual. HTML PDF 42.45.060 Refusal to perform notarial act. HTML PDF 42.45.070 Individual unable to sign — Signature. HTML PDF 42.45.080 Notarial act in this state. HTML PDF 42.45.090 Notarial act in another state — Effect in this state. HTML PDF

RCW 42.45: the individual: (a) By means of: (i) A passport, driver's license, or government-issued nondriver identification card, which is current or expired not more than three years before performance of the notarial act; or (ii) Another form of government identification issued to an individual, which is current or expired not more than three years before performance of the notarial act, contains the signature or a photograph of the individual, and is

RCW 42.45: of notaries public. HTML PDF 42.45.230 Prohibited acts. HTML PDF 42.45.240 Validity of notarial acts. HTML PDF 42.45.250 Rules. HTML PDF 42.45.260 Commissions in effect July 1, 2018 — Continuation. HTML PDF 42.45.270 Uniform regulation of business and professions act — Application. HTML PDF 42

RCW 42.45: es. (2) A notary public need not charge fees for notarial acts. [ 2017 c 281 s 19 .] PDF RCW 42.45.180 Journal. (1) A notary public shall maintain a journal in which the notary public chronicles all notarial acts that the notary public performs. The notary public shall retain the journal for ten year

RCW 42.45: electronic records notary public and a remotely located individual to communicate with each other simultaneously by sight and sound; and (ii) When necessary under and consistent with other applicable law, facilitates communication with a remotely located individual with a vision, hearing, or speech impairment. (b) "Foreign state" means a jurisdiction other than the United States, a state, or a federally recognized Indian tribe. (c) "Identity proofing" means a pr

RCW 42.45: electronic records notary public shall retain the audiovisual recording created under subsection (3)(c) of this section or cause the recording to be retained by a repository designated by or on behalf of the person required to retain the recording. Unless a different period is required by rule adopted under subsection (8)(d) of this section, the recording must be retained for a period of at least ten years after the recording is made. (7) Before an electronic records