HP1441
LD 2057
Second Regular Session - 123rd Legislature - Text: MS-Word, RTF or PDF LR 3225
Item 4
Bill Tracking Chamber Status

Amend the bill in section 1 in §954-A by striking out all of subsection 1 and inserting the following:

1 Familial relationships; conflict of interest.   A notary public may not perform a notarial act for a person if the notary public has a conflict of interest and that person is the notary public's:
A Spouse;
B Parent;
C Sibling;
D Child;
E Registered domestic partner as provided in Title 22, section 2710;
F Spouse's parent;
G Spouse's sibling;
H Spouse's child;
I Child's spouse;
J Registered domestic partner's parent;
K Registered domestic partner's sibling;
L Registered domestic partner's child;
M Registered domestic partner's child's spouse;
N Grandparent;
O Grandparent's spouse;
P Grandchild;
Q Grandchild's spouse;
R Registered domestic partner's grandparent;
S Registered domestic partner's grandparent's spouse;
T Registered domestic partner's grandchild; or
U Registered domestic partner's grandchild's spouse.

For purposes of this subsection, a conflict of interest exists if the notary public would foreseeably derive some pecuniary benefit from the execution of the document being notarized.

SUMMARY

This amendment prohibits a notary public from performing a notarial act for a family member if the notary public would foreseeably derive some pecuniary benefit from the execution of the document being notarized.


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