47.1-13.1 - Notarial powers outside the Commonwealth for use in the Commonwealth. - Virginia Statutes

§ 47.1-13.1. Notarial powers outside the Commonwealth for use in theCommonwealth.

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

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

2. A judge, clerk, or deputy clerk of any court of record in the place inwhich 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 Departmentof 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 theUnited States and any other person authorized by regulation of the armedforces to perform notarial acts if the notarial act is performed for one ofthe following or his dependents: a merchant seaman of the United States, amember of the armed forces of the United States, or any other person servingwith or accompanying the armed forces of the United States; or

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

B. A document notarized outside the Commonwealth by a notary public or otherperson referenced in subsection A which appears on its face to be properlynotarized shall be presumed to have been notarized properly in accordancewith the laws and regulations of the jurisdiction in which the document wasnotarized.

(2008, cc. 117, 814.)