                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

NOTARIAL POWERS OUTSIDE THE COMMONWEALTH FOR USE IN THE COMMONWEALTH (§
47.1-13.1)

A. As used in this section, &#8220;notarial act&#8221; means an act, whether
performed with respect to a tangible or electronic document, that a notary
public commissioned in the Commonwealth may perform under the laws and
regulations of the Commonwealth.

B. Notarial acts may be performed outside the Commonwealth for use in the
Commonwealth with the same effect as if performed by a notary public of the
Commonwealth by the following persons authorized pursuant to the laws and
regulations of other governments in addition to any other person authorized by
the laws and regulations of the Commonwealth:

   1. A notary public authorized to perform notarial acts under the laws of that
   jurisdiction;

   2. A judge, clerk, or deputy clerk of any court of record in the place in
   which the notarial act is performed;

   3. An officer of the foreign service of the United States, a consular agent,
   or any other person authorized by regulation of the United States Department
   of State to perform notarial acts in the place in which the act is performed;

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

   5. Any person authorized to perform acts in the place in which the act is
   performed.

C. A document notarized outside the Commonwealth by a notary public 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 and regulations of the jurisdiction in which the document was
notarized.

HISTORY: 2008, cc. 117, 814; 2025, c. 209.