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| 1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 350
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| 2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 350 by replacing | ||||||
| 3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| 4 | "Section 5. The Illinois Notary Public Act is amended by | ||||||
| 5 | changing Section 6-102 as follows:
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| 6 | (5 ILCS 312/6-102) (from Ch. 102, par. 206-102)
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| 7 | Sec. 6-102. Notarial Acts. | ||||||
| 8 | (a) In taking an acknowledgment, the notary public must | ||||||
| 9 | determine,
either from personal knowledge or from satisfactory | ||||||
| 10 | evidence, that the
person appearing before the notary and | ||||||
| 11 | making the acknowledgment is the
person whose true signature is | ||||||
| 12 | on the instrument.
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| 13 | (b) In taking a verification upon oath or affirmation, the | ||||||
| 14 | notary
public must determine, either from personal knowledge or | ||||||
| 15 | from satisfactory
evidence, that the person appearing before | ||||||
| 16 | the notary and making the
verification is the person whose true | ||||||
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| 1 | signature is on the statement verified.
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| 2 | (c) In witnessing or attesting a signature, the notary | ||||||
| 3 | public must
determine, either from personal knowledge or from | ||||||
| 4 | satisfactory evidence,
that the signature is that of the person | ||||||
| 5 | appearing before the notary and named therein.
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| 6 | (d) A notary public has satisfactory evidence that a person | ||||||
| 7 | is the
person whose true signature is on a document if that | ||||||
| 8 | person:
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| 9 | (1) is personally known to the notary;
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| 10 | (2) is identified upon the oath or affirmation of a | ||||||
| 11 | credible witness
personally known to the notary; or
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| 12 | (3) is identified on the basis of identification | ||||||
| 13 | documents. Until July 1, 2013, identification documents | ||||||
| 14 | are documents that are valid at the time of the notarial | ||||||
| 15 | act, issued by a state agency, or federal government | ||||||
| 16 | agency, or consulate, and bearing the photographic image of | ||||||
| 17 | the individual's face and signature of the individual.
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| 18 | (Source: P.A. 95-988, eff. 6-1-09.)".
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