Okla. Stat. tit. 49, § 49-207
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Use of electronic signature and seal
Official statutory text
USE OF ELECTRONIC SIGNATURE AND SEAL. A. In performing a
remote online notarial act, a notary public shall attach or
logically associate the notary public's electronic signature and
electronic seal to the certificate of notarial act in a tamper-
evident format. The electronic seal shall be capable of being
copied together with the electronic record to which it is attached
or with which it is logically associated. The certificate shall be
attached to or logically associated with the electronic record that
is the subject of the remote online notarial act. If the Secretary
of State has approved standards under Section 4 of this act for
attaching or logically associating the electronic signature,
electronic seal or certificate, the process shall conform to the
standards.
B. A notary public's use of an electronic signature and
electronic seal under this section satisfies the requirement of
Section 5 of Title 49 of the Oklahoma Statutes that a notary public
authenticate an official act with an official signature and seal of
office.
C. A notary public shall take reasonable steps to protect the
notary public's electronic seal from unauthorized use. A notary
public may not allow another person to use the notary public's
electronic seal.
D. A notary public shall immediately notify an appropriate law
enforcement agency and the Secretary of State upon actual knowledge
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of the theft or vandalism of the notary public's journal or
electronic seal. A notary public shall immediately notify the
Secretary of State upon actual knowledge of the loss or use by
another person of the notary public's journal or electronic seal.
E. Unless required as part of the application under subsection
C of Section 5 of this act, a notary public is not required to
submit an image of the notary public's electronic seal to the
Secretary of State. A notary public's electronic seal is not
subject to the requirement that an impression be filed with and
approved by the Secretary of State under Section 2 of Title 49 of
the Oklahoma Statutes.
remote online notarial act, a notary public shall attach or
logically associate the notary public's electronic signature and
electronic seal to the certificate of notarial act in a tamper-
evident format. The electronic seal shall be capable of being
copied together with the electronic record to which it is attached
or with which it is logically associated. The certificate shall be
attached to or logically associated with the electronic record that
is the subject of the remote online notarial act. If the Secretary
of State has approved standards under Section 4 of this act for
attaching or logically associating the electronic signature,
electronic seal or certificate, the process shall conform to the
standards.
B. A notary public's use of an electronic signature and
electronic seal under this section satisfies the requirement of
Section 5 of Title 49 of the Oklahoma Statutes that a notary public
authenticate an official act with an official signature and seal of
office.
C. A notary public shall take reasonable steps to protect the
notary public's electronic seal from unauthorized use. A notary
public may not allow another person to use the notary public's
electronic seal.
D. A notary public shall immediately notify an appropriate law
enforcement agency and the Secretary of State upon actual knowledge
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 49. Notaries Public Page 19
of the theft or vandalism of the notary public's journal or
electronic seal. A notary public shall immediately notify the
Secretary of State upon actual knowledge of the loss or use by
another person of the notary public's journal or electronic seal.
E. Unless required as part of the application under subsection
C of Section 5 of this act, a notary public is not required to
submit an image of the notary public's electronic seal to the
Secretary of State. A notary public's electronic seal is not
subject to the requirement that an impression be filed with and
approved by the Secretary of State under Section 2 of Title 49 of
the Oklahoma Statutes.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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