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This law was first created in 2008. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 117<\/a> and 814<\/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. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2025, chapter 209<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":232997,"object_type":"law","relational_id":70570,"identifier":"47.1-13.1","token":"47.1\/3\/47.1-13.1","url":"\/47.1-13.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/47.1-13.1\/","token":"47.1\/3\/47.1-13.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Notarial powers outside the Commonwealth for use in the Commonwealth","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 47.1-13.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> As used in this section, “notarial act<\/span>” means an act, whether performed with respect to a tangible or electronic document<\/span>, that a notary public<\/span> commissioned in the Commonwealth may perform under the laws<\/span> and regulations of the Commonwealth. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Notarial acts<\/span> may be performed outside the Commonwealth for use in the Commonwealth with the same effect as if performed by a notary public<\/span> of the Commonwealth by the following persons authorized pursuant to the laws<\/span> and regulations of other governments in addition to any other person authorized by the laws<\/span> and regulations of the Commonwealth: <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> A notary public<\/span> authorized to perform notarial acts<\/span> under the laws<\/span> of that jurisdiction<\/span>; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> A judge<\/span>, clerk, or deputy clerk of any court<\/span> of record in the place in which the notarial act<\/span> is performed; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

3.<\/span> An officer of the foreign service of the United States<\/span>, a consular agent, or any other person authorized by regulation of the United States<\/span> Department of State<\/span> to perform notarial acts<\/span> in the place in which the act is performed; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

4.<\/span> A commissioned officer in active service with the armed forces of the United States<\/span> and any other person authorized by regulation of the armed forces to perform notarial acts<\/span> if the notarial act<\/span> is performed for one of the following or his dependents: a merchant seaman of the United States<\/span>, a member of the armed forces of the United States<\/span>, or any other person serving with or accompanying the armed forces of the United States<\/span>; or <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

5.<\/span> Any person authorized to perform acts in the place in which the act is performed. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> A document notarized outside the Commonwealth by a notary public<\/span> or other person referenced in subsection B that appears on its face to be properly notarized shall be presumed to have been notarized properly in accordance with the laws<\/span> and regulations of the jurisdiction<\/span> in which the document was notarized. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nNOTARIAL POWERS OUTSIDE THE COMMONWEALTH FOR USE IN THE COMMONWEALTH (\u00a7\n47.1-13.1)\n\nA. As used in this section, “notarial act” means an act, whether\nperformed with respect to a tangible or electronic document, that a notary\npublic commissioned in the Commonwealth may perform under the laws and\nregulations of the Commonwealth.\n\nB. Notarial acts may be performed outside the Commonwealth for use in the\nCommonwealth with the same effect as if performed by a notary public of the\nCommonwealth by the following persons authorized pursuant to the laws and\nregulations of other governments in addition to any other person authorized by\nthe laws and regulations of the Commonwealth:\n\n 1. A notary public authorized to perform notarial acts under the laws of that\n jurisdiction;\n\n 2. A judge, clerk, or deputy clerk of any court of record in the place in\n which the notarial act is performed;\n\n 3. An officer of the foreign service of the United States, a consular agent,\n or any other person authorized by regulation of the United States Department\n of State to perform notarial acts in the place in which the act is performed;\n\n 4. A commissioned officer in active service with the armed forces of the\n United States and any other person authorized by regulation of the armed\n forces to perform notarial acts if the notarial act is performed for one of\n the following or his dependents: a merchant seaman of the United States, a\n member of the armed forces of the United States, or any other person serving\n with or accompanying the armed forces of the United States; or\n\n 5. Any person authorized to perform acts in the place in which the act is\n performed.\n\nC. A document notarized outside the Commonwealth by a notary public or other\nperson referenced in subsection B that appears on its face to be properly\nnotarized shall be presumed to have been notarized properly in accordance with\nthe laws and regulations of the jurisdiction in which the document was\nnotarized.\n\nHISTORY: 2008, cc. 117, 814; 2025, c. 209.","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}}