Starting July 1 the Revised Uniform Law on Notarial Acts (RULONA) goes into full effect in my state. Starting then, I'll have a new requirement:
"If a notarial act is performed regarding a tangible record, a certificate shall be part of, or securely attached to, the record."
The law with official commentary from the Uniform Law Commission can be found at
https://www.uniformlaws.org/HigherLogic/System/DownloadDocumentFile.ashx?DocumentFileKey=aec212eb-a1e8-183a-13dd-587c7604666e&forceDialog=0
The official commentary says an acceptable way to attach the certificate is stapling. I know several other states have passed RULONA, and California requires its notaries to attach certificates. But there are some things I'm not sure about.
If the document has several pages, but the signer's signature is on the same page as the certificate, do I have to staple? If so, I may need a heavy duty stapler for a mortgage, which won't thrill the title company.
If the document has several pages, the next-to-last page has the signer's signature, and the last page has the notarial certificate, is it enough to staple the certificate to the signature page, or do all the pages of the document have to be stapled together?
The version of the law passed in Vermont is the same as the Uniform Law Commission when it comes to attaching, except the Vermont law doesn't have any commentary. No Vermont rules have been made, and notary handbook is several years old.
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