TITLE XLII NOTARIES, COMMISSIONERS, JUSTICES OF THE PEACE, AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
CHAPTER 456-B UNIFORM LAW ON NOTARIAL ACTS
Section 456-B:8-b
456-B:8-b Notification Regarding Performance of Notarial Act on Electronic Record; Selection of Technology; Rules. –
I. A notary public may select one or more tamper-evident technologies to perform notarial acts with respect to electronic records. A person may not require a notary public to perform a notarial act with respect to an electronic record with a technology that the notary public has not selected.
II. Before a notary public performs the notary public's initial notarial act with respect to an electronic record, a notary public shall notify the secretary of state that the notary public will be performing notarial acts with respect to electronic records and identify the technology the notary public intends to use. If the secretary of state has established standards for approval of technology, the technology shall conform to the standards. If the technology conforms to the standards, the secretary of state shall approve the use of the technology.
III. The secretary of state may adopt rules under RSA 541-A to implement this chapter. Rules adopted regarding the performance of notarial acts with respect to electronic records may not require, or accord greater legal status or effect to, the implementation or application of a specific technology or technical specification.
IV. Unless the secretary of state has adopted a rule establishing standards for tamper-evident technology, a notary public shall attach or logically associate the notary public's official stamp to an electronic record by use of a digital certificate complying with the X.509 standard adopted by the International Telecommunication Union or a similar industry-standard technology.
Source. 2021, 206:2, Pt. II, Sec. 8, eff. Feb. 6, 2022.