ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Fifty-seventh Legislature First Regular Session
	House: GOV DPA 4-3-0-0 | 3^rd Read: 60-0-0-0 Senate: GOV DP 7-0-0-0 | 3^rd Read: 28-0-2-0 Final Pass: 52-3-5-0 |Chapter: 169

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HB 2344: notaries; businesses; prohibition

Sponsor: Representative Hendrix, LD 14

Signed by the Governor

Overview

Specifies if an entity does not provide the option to notarize documents at a physical location without charge, an individual can use the services of any notarial officer.

History

To be commissioned as a notary public in Arizona, an individual must meet certain minimum qualifications, such as being at least 18 years old, a United States citizen or permanent legal resident and have passed the required examination if required by the Secretary of State (A.R.S. § 41-269).

An entity includes a corporation, foreign corporation, not for profit corporation, profit and not for profit unincorporated association, nonprofit corporation, close corporation, corporation sole or limited liability company, a professional corporation, association or limited liability company, a business trust, estate, partnership, registered limited liability partnership, trust or joint venture, two or more persons having a joint or common economic interest, any person other than an individual and a state, the United States and a foreign government (A.R.S. § 10-140).

Provisions

1. States if an entity does not provide the option to notarize documents at a physical location and without charge, then an individual can use the services of any notarial officer. (Sec. 1)

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