486.345. Facsimile may be certified--form of certification. - Missouri Statutes

Facsimile may be certified--form of certification.

486.345. 1. A notary public may certify a facsimile of a document if heor she receives a signed written request stating that a certified copy orfacsimile, preparation of a copy, or certification of a copy of the documentdoes not violate any state or federal law.

2. Each notary public shall retain a facsimile of each document he orshe has certified as a facsimile of another document, together with otherpapers or copies relating to his or her notarial acts.

3. The certification of a facsimile shall be in type not smaller thaneight-point and in substantially the following form:

State of ........ County (and/or City) of ......... I, ........ (name ofnotary), a Notary Public in and for said state, do certify that on ........(date) I carefully compared the attached facsimile of .......... (type ofdocument) and the facsimile I now hold in my possession. They are complete,full, true and exact facsimiles of the document they purport to reproduce. .......... (official signature and official seal of notary)

(L. 1977 H.B. 513 § 31, A.L. 2004 H.B. 1193)