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Every electronic notarial certificate completed by an electronic notary public commissioned in the Commonwealth shall include the county or city within the Commonwealth where the electronic notary public was physically located at the time of the notarial act. The electronic notarial certificate shall indicate whether the notarization was done in person or by remote online notarization.B\n\nA notarial act shall be evidenced by a notarial certificate or electronic notarial certificate signed by a notary in a manner that attributes such signature to the notary public identified on the commission.C\n\nUpon every writing that is the subject of a notarial act, the notary shall, after his certificate, state the date of the expiration of his commission in substantially the following form:\n\t\t\t“My commission expires the____ day of_____________, _____”\n\t\t\tNear the notary’s official signature on the notarial certificate of a paper document, the notary shall affix a sharp, legible, permanent, and photographically reproducible image of the official seal, or, to an electronic document, the notary shall attach an official electronic seal.D\n\nThe notary shall attach the official electronic signature and electronic seal to the electronic notarial certificate of an electronic document in a manner that is capable of independent verification and renders any subsequent changes or modifications to the electronic document evident.E\n\nAn electronic notary’s electronic signature and electronic seal shall conform to the standards for electronic notarization developed in accordance with § 47.1-6.1.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":226329,"text":"Every notarization shall include the date upon which the notarial act was performed and the county or city and state in which it was performed. 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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 5 times. 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. Those modifications are as follows: in 1980, chapter 580; in 2007, chapters 269<\/a> and 590<\/a>; in 2008, chapters 117<\/a> and 814<\/a>; in 2009, chapter 160<\/a>; in 2024, chapter 832<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":77120,"section_number":"47.1-6.1","catch_line":"Standards for electronic notarization","order_by":null,"url":"\/47.1-6.1\/"}],"permalink":{"id":233013,"object_type":"law","relational_id":62014,"identifier":"47.1-16","token":"47.1\/3\/47.1-16","url":"\/47.1-16\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/47.1-16\/","token":"47.1\/3\/47.1-16","dublin_core":{"Title":"Notarizations to show date of act, official signature and seal, etc","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 47.1-16","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Every notarization shall include the date upon which the notarial act<\/span> was performed and the county or city and state<\/span> in which it was performed. Every electronic notarial certificate<\/span> completed by an electronic notary public<\/span> commissioned in the Commonwealth shall include the county or city within the Commonwealth where the electronic notary public<\/span> was physically located at the time of the notarial act<\/span>. The electronic notarial certificate<\/span> shall indicate whether the notarization was done in person or by remote online notarization<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> A notarial act<\/span> shall be evidenced by a notarial certificate or electronic notarial certificate<\/span> signed by a notary in a manner that attributes such signature to the notary public identified on the commission. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> Upon every writing that is the subject of a notarial act<\/span>, the notary shall, after his certificate, state<\/span> the date of the expiration of his commission in substantially the following form:\n\t\t\t“My commission expires the____ day of_____________, _____”\n\t\t\tNear the notary’s official signature on the notarial certificate of a paper document, the notary shall affix a sharp, legible, permanent, and photographically reproducible image of the official seal, or, to an electronic document<\/span>, the notary shall attach an official electronic seal<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

D.<\/span> The notary shall attach the official electronic signature<\/span> and electronic seal<\/span> to the electronic notarial certificate<\/span> of an electronic document<\/span> in a manner that is capable of independent verification and renders any subsequent changes or modifications to the electronic document<\/span> evident. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

E.<\/span> An electronic notary’s electronic signature<\/span> and electronic seal<\/span> shall conform to the standards for electronic notarization<\/span> developed in accordance with § 47.1-6.1<\/a>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nNOTARIZATIONS TO SHOW DATE OF ACT, OFFICIAL SIGNATURE AND SEAL, ETC (\u00a7 47.1-16)\n\nA. Every notarization shall include the date upon which the notarial act was\nperformed and the county or city and state in which it was performed. Every\nelectronic notarial certificate completed by an electronic notary public\ncommissioned in the Commonwealth shall include the county or city within the\nCommonwealth where the electronic notary public was physically located at the\ntime of the notarial act. The electronic notarial certificate shall indicate\nwhether the notarization was done in person or by remote online notarization.\n\nB. A notarial act shall be evidenced by a notarial certificate or electronic\nnotarial certificate signed by a notary in a manner that attributes such\nsignature to the notary public identified on the commission.\n\nC. Upon every writing that is the subject of a notarial act, the notary shall,\nafter his certificate, state the date of the expiration of his commission in\nsubstantially the following form:\n\t\t\t“My commission expires the____ day of_____________, _____”\n\t\t\tNear the notary’s official signature on the notarial certificate of a\npaper document, the notary shall affix a sharp, legible, permanent, and\nphotographically reproducible image of the official seal, or, to an electronic\ndocument, the notary shall attach an official electronic seal.\n\nD. The notary shall attach the official electronic signature and electronic seal\nto the electronic notarial certificate of an electronic document in a manner\nthat is capable of independent verification and renders any subsequent changes\nor modifications to the electronic document evident.\n\nE. An electronic notary’s electronic signature and electronic seal shall\nconform to the standards for electronic notarization developed in accordance\nwith § 47.1-6.1.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 55-116; 1980, c. 580; 2007, cc. 269, 590; 2008, cc. 117,\n814; 2009, c. 160; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 78; 2024, c. 832.","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}}