Utah Notary Journal

Utah Notary Journal
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	Hard Cover Edition Keeping a notary journal is required by law in 16 states and strongly recommended in the rest. A journal is an important chronicle of your notarial actions and can help protect you in the event of future legal proceedings. The Modern Journal meets all state requirements and contains room for nearly 500 entries, with multiple notarizations per entry. Other features include: - 128 numbered heavy-weight pages - tamper-proof binding and sewn construction - hard cover - time-saving checkboxes - complete instructions Every attempt has been made to strike the perfect balance between quality and economy - we hope you'll agree.

What does the law say about the Utah Notary Journal?

Utah Notary Law

46-1-13. Journal may be kept.

A notary may keep, maintain, and protect as a public record, and provide for lawful inspection a chronological, permanently bound official journal of notarial acts, containing numbered pages.

Repealed and Re-enacted by Chapter 287, 1998 General Session

46-1-14. Entries in journal.

For every notarial act, the notary may record the following information in the journal at the time of notarization:

the date and time of day of the notarial act;
the type of notarial act;
a description of the document or proceeding;
the signature and printed name and address of each person for whom a notarial act is performed;
the evidence of identity of each person for whom a notarial act is performed, in the form of:

a statement that the person is "personally known" to the notary;
a description of the identification document, its issuing agency, its serial or identification number, and its date of issuance or expiration; or
the signature and printed name and address of a credible witness swearing or affirming to the person's identity; and

the fee, if any, charged for the notarial act.

A notary may record in the journal the circumstances in refusing to perform or complete a notarial act.
If a notarization is performed electronically, the notary may keep an electronic journal in which to record the information described in Subsections (1) and (2). All electronic notarizations shall be evidenced by a digital signature.

Amended by Chapter 21, 2006 General Session

46-1-15. Inspection of journal -- Safekeeping and custody of journal.

If a notary maintains a journal, the notary shall:

safeguard the journal and all other notarial records as valuable public documents and may not destroy the documents; and
keep the journal in the exclusive custody of the notary, not to be used by any other notary or surrendered to an employer upon termination of employment.

Repealed and Re-enacted by Chapter 287, 1998 General Session

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