                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

&#8220;NOTARIAL ACTS&#8221; DEFINED; WHO MAY PERFORM NOTARIAL ACTS OUTSIDE THE
COMMONWEALTH FOR USE IN THE COMMONWEALTH (§ 55.1-616)

A. For the purposes of this article, &#8220;notarial acts&#8221; means acts that
the laws and regulations of the Commonwealth authorize notaries public of the
Commonwealth to perform, including the administering of oaths and affirmations,
taking proof of execution and acknowledgments of instruments, and attesting
documents.

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 in the place in which
   the notarial act is performed;

   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 U.S. Department of State
   to perform notarial acts in the place in which the notarial 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 a member of the Armed Forces of the United States; or

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

HISTORY: 1970, c. 719, § 55-118.1; 2019, c. 712.