Background
On May 20th, 2018, the governor signed Senate File 893, permanently authorizing notaries public commissioned in the state to remotely notarize electronic documents as of January 1, 2019.
Minnesota remote online notarization laws:
Additional resources for notaries public commissioned in Minnesota:
- Secretary of State website
- Remote Online Notarization Authorization
- Remote Online Notarization Authorization FAQ
- BlueNotary: How to Become an Online Notary in Minnesota
Legislative comments:
Senate File 893 enacts the Revised Uniform Law on Notarial Acts (RULONA), which is a model law drafted by the Uniform Law Commission to govern a notary’s authority to perform notarial acts.
Information About RULONA
As of the publication of this article, the Uniform Law Commission (ULC) has adopted the Revised Uniform Law on Notarial Acts (RULONA) as the permanent framework for Remote Online Notarization (RON) legislation.
The ULC, established in 1892 to provide states with well-crafted, non-partisan legislation to enhance clarity and stability in state laws, introduced RULONA in 2018. This updated version of the Uniform Law on Notarial Acts (ULONA) was designed to allow states to adopt RON and modernize their notarial laws. RULONA builds on the previous 2010 version of ULONA, which itself was an update to the 1982 Uniform Law on Notarial Acts.
RULONA was developed to address a range of societal and technological changes, including the growing need for remote electronic transactions. It also aims to enhance consistency across states in the regulation of notarial acts. The law establishes clear rules for notarial practices that were either inconsistent or lacking in previous state laws. RULONA provides a reliable framework for performing notarial acts, whether the act involves a tangible or electronic record, and whether the signer appears physically or through audio-visual technology. As of now, RULONA has been adopted as the foundation for RON legislation in 19+ states.
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Last updated: Dec 1, 2023
