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Full Text of HB0350  97th General Assembly

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1    AN ACT concerning government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Notary Public Act is amended by
5changing Section 6-102 as follows:
 
6    (5 ILCS 312/6-102)  (from Ch. 102, par. 206-102)
7    Sec. 6-102. Notarial Acts.
8    (a) In taking an acknowledgment, the notary public must
9determine, either from personal knowledge or from satisfactory
10evidence, that the person appearing before the notary and
11making the acknowledgment is the person whose true signature is
12on the instrument.
13    (b) In taking a verification upon oath or affirmation, the
14notary public must determine, either from personal knowledge or
15from satisfactory evidence, that the person appearing before
16the notary and making the verification is the person whose true
17signature is on the statement verified.
18    (c) In witnessing or attesting a signature, the notary
19public must determine, either from personal knowledge or from
20satisfactory evidence, that the signature is that of the person
21appearing before the notary and named therein.
22    (d) A notary public has satisfactory evidence that a person
23is the person whose true signature is on a document if that

 

 

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1person:
2        (1) is personally known to the notary;
3        (2) is identified upon the oath or affirmation of a
4    credible witness personally known to the notary; or
5        (3) is identified on the basis of identification
6    documents. Until July 1, 2013, identification documents
7    are documents that are valid at the time of the notarial
8    act, issued by a state agency, or federal government
9    agency, or consulate, and bearing the photographic image of
10    the individual's face and signature of the individual.
11(Source: P.A. 95-988, eff. 6-1-09.)