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On a notarized electronic document transmitted to another state or country outside of the United States, electronic evidence of the authenticity of the official signature and seal of an electronic notary of the Commonwealth of Virginia, if required, shall be attached to or logically associated with the document and shall be in the form of an electronic certificate of authority signed by the Secretary that is independently verifiable, will be invalidated if the underlying document is improperly modified, and is in conformance with any current and pertinent international treaties, agreements, and conventions subscribed to by the government of the United States.B\n\nCertificate of authority for electronic notarial act. An electronic certificate of authority evidencing the authenticity of the official signature and seal of an electronic notary of the Commonwealth of Virginia shall contain substantially the following words:\n\t\t\tCertificate of Authority for an Electronic Notarial Act\n\t\t\tI,……… (name and title), certify that…………….… (name of electronic notary), the person named as Electronic Notary Public in the attached or associated electronic document, was commissioned as an Electronic Notary Public for the Commonwealth of Virginia and authorized to act as such at the time of the document’s electronic notarization.\n\t\t\tTo verify this Certificate of Authority for an Electronic Notarial Act, I have included herewith my electronic signature this … day of…………, 20.…\n\t\t\t(Electronic signature and seal of commissioning official)C\n\nFor issuing an electronic certificate of authority, the Secretary may charge a fee in an amount set by the Secretary.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":276216,"text":"Form of evidence of authority of electronic notarial act. 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This law was first created in 2007. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 269<\/a> and 590<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":232947,"object_type":"law","relational_id":76958,"identifier":"47.1-11.1","token":"47.1\/2\/47.1-11.1","url":"\/47.1-11.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/47.1-11.1\/","token":"47.1\/2\/47.1-11.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Evidence of authenticity of electronic notarial act","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 47.1-11.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Form of evidence<\/span> of authority of electronic notarial act<\/span>. On a notarized electronic document<\/span> transmitted to another state<\/span> or country outside of the United States<\/span>, electronic evidence<\/span> of the authenticity of the official signature and seal<\/span> of an electronic notary<\/span> of the Commonwealth of Virginia, if required, shall be attached to or logically associated with the document and shall be in the form of an electronic certificate<\/span> of authority signed by the Secretary<\/span> that is independently verifiable, will be invalidated if the underlying document is improperly modified, and is in conformance with any current and pertinent international treaties, agreements, and conventions subscribed to by the government of the United States<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Certificate<\/span> of authority for electronic notarial act<\/span>. An electronic certificate<\/span> of authority evidencing the authenticity of the official signature and seal<\/span> of an electronic notary of the Commonwealth of Virginia shall contain substantially the following words:\n\t\t\tCertificate<\/span> of Authority for an Electronic Notarial Act<\/span>\n\t\t\tI,……… (name and title), certify that…………….… (name of electronic notary), the person named as Electronic Notary Public<\/span> in the attached or associated electronic document<\/span>, was commissioned as an Electronic Notary Public<\/span> for the Commonwealth of Virginia and authorized to act as such at the time of the document’s electronic notarization<\/span>.\n\t\t\tTo verify this Certificate<\/span> of Authority for an Electronic Notarial Act<\/span>, I have included herewith my electronic signature<\/span> this … day of…………, 20.…\n\t\t\t(Electronic signature<\/span> and seal<\/span> of commissioning official) <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> For issuing an electronic certificate<\/span> of authority, the Secretary<\/span> may charge a fee in an amount set by the Secretary<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nEVIDENCE OF AUTHENTICITY OF ELECTRONIC NOTARIAL ACT (\u00a7 47.1-11.1)\n\nA. Form of evidence of authority of electronic notarial act. On a notarized\nelectronic document transmitted to another state or country outside of the\nUnited States, electronic evidence of the authenticity of the official signature\nand seal of an electronic notary of the Commonwealth of Virginia, if required,\nshall be attached to or logically associated with the document and shall be in\nthe form of an electronic certificate of authority signed by the Secretary that\nis independently verifiable, will be invalidated if the underlying document is\nimproperly modified, and is in conformance with any current and pertinent\ninternational treaties, agreements, and conventions subscribed to by the\ngovernment of the United States.\n\nB. Certificate of authority for electronic notarial act. An electronic\ncertificate of authority evidencing the authenticity of the official signature\nand seal of an electronic notary of the Commonwealth of Virginia shall contain\nsubstantially the following words:\n\t\t\tCertificate of Authority for an Electronic Notarial Act\n\t\t\tI,……… (name and title), certify\nthat…………….… (name of electronic notary),\nthe person named as Electronic Notary Public in the attached or associated\nelectronic document, was commissioned as an Electronic Notary Public for the\nCommonwealth of Virginia and authorized to act as such at the time of the\ndocument’s electronic notarization.\n\t\t\tTo verify this Certificate of Authority for an Electronic Notarial Act, I\nhave included herewith my electronic signature this … day\nof…………, 20.…\n\t\t\t(Electronic signature and seal of commissioning official)\n\nC. For issuing an electronic certificate of authority, the Secretary may charge\na fee in an amount set by the Secretary.\n\nHISTORY: 2007, cc. 269, 590.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}