1.  Acknowledgment.  "Acknowledgment" means a declaration by an individual before a notarial officer that the individual has signed a record for the purpose stated in the record and, if the record is signed in a representative capacity, that the individual signed the record with proper authority and signed it as the act of the individual or entity identified in the record.  

2.  Electronic.  "Electronic" means relating to technology having electrical, digital, magnetic, wireless, optical, electromagnetic or similar capabilities.  

3.  Electronic signature.  "Electronic signature" means an electronic symbol, sound or process attached to or logically associated with a record and executed or adopted by an individual with the intent to sign the record.  

4.  In a representative capacity.  "In a representative capacity" means acting as:  

5.  Notarial act.  "Notarial act" means an act, whether performed with respect to a tangible or electronic record, that a notarial officer may perform under the laws of this State. "Notarial act" includes taking an acknowledgment, administering an oath or affirmation, taking a verification on oath or affirmation, witnessing or attesting a signature, certifying or attesting a copy and noting a protest of a negotiable instrument or loss in mercantile usage.  

6.  Notarial officer.  "Notarial officer" means a notary public or other individual authorized to perform a notarial act.  

7.  Notary public.  "Notary public" means an individual commissioned to perform a notarial act by the Secretary of State.  

8.  Official stamp.  "Official stamp" means a physical image affixed to or embossed on a tangible record or an electronic image attached to or logically associated with an electronic record and includes an official notary seal.  

9.  Person.  "Person" means an individual, corporation, business trust, statutory trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture, public corporation, government or governmental subdivision, agency or instrumentality or any other legal or commercial entity.  

10.  Record.  "Record" means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form.  

11.  Sign.  "Sign" means, with present intent to authenticate or adopt a record:  

12.  Signature.  "Signature" means a tangible symbol or an electronic signature that evidences the signing of a record.  

13.  Stamping device.  "Stamping device" means:  

14.  State.  "State" means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.  

15.  Verification on oath or affirmation.  "Verification on oath or affirmation" means a declaration made by an individual on oath or affirmation before a notarial officer that a statement in a record is true.