Iowa Code § 9B.4
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Authority to perform notarial act.
Official statutory text
(1) A notarial officer may perform a notarial act authorized by this chapter or by law of this state other than this chapter.
(2) A notarial officer shall not perform a notarial act with respect to a record to which the notarial officer or the notarial officer’s spouse is a party, or in which either of them has a direct beneficial interest. A notarial act performed in violation of this subsection is voidable.
(3) A notarial officer may certify that a tangible copy of an electronic record is an accurate copy of the electronic record as provided in section 9B.14A.
2012 Acts, ch 1050, §3, 60; 2019 Acts, ch 44, §4, 11
(2) A notarial officer shall not perform a notarial act with respect to a record to which the notarial officer or the notarial officer’s spouse is a party, or in which either of them has a direct beneficial interest. A notarial act performed in violation of this subsection is voidable.
(3) A notarial officer may certify that a tangible copy of an electronic record is an accurate copy of the electronic record as provided in section 9B.14A.
2012 Acts, ch 1050, §3, 60; 2019 Acts, ch 44, §4, 11
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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