The Secretary of the Commonwealth shall develop standards for electronic notarization and the Virginia Information Technologies Agency shall provide assistance to the Secretary of the Commonwealth relating to the equipment, security, and technological aspects of the electronic notarization standards. The process for developing and maintaining such standards shall be exempt from the Administrative Process Act (§ 2.2-4000 et seq.).

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Terms Used In Virginia Code 47.1-6.1

  • Electronic: means relating to technology having electrical, digital, magnetic, wireless, optical, electromagnetic, or similar capabilities. See Virginia Code 47.1-2
  • electronic notarization: means an official act by a notary under § Virginia Code 47.1-2
  • notarization: means any official act performed by a notary under § Virginia Code 47.1-2
  • Process: includes subpoenas, the summons and complaint in a civil action, and process in statutory actions. See Virginia Code 1-237
  • Secretary: means the Secretary of the Commonwealth. See Virginia Code 47.1-2

2009, c. 160.