                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

NOTARIZATIONS TO SHOW DATE OF ACT, OFFICIAL SIGNATURE AND SEAL, ETC (§ 47.1-16)

A. 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. 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. A 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. Upon 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:
			&#8220;My commission expires the____ day of_____________, _____&#8221;
			Near the notary&#8217;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. The 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. An electronic notary&#8217;s electronic signature and electronic seal shall
conform to the standards for electronic notarization developed in accordance
with &#xA7; 47.1-6.1.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 55-116; 1980, c. 580; 2007, cc. 269, 590; 2008, cc. 117,
814; 2009, c. 160; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 78; 2024, c. 832.