Utah Code § 46-1-7 : — NOTARIZATION AND AUTHENTICATION OF DOCUMENTS, ELECTRONIC SIGNATURES, AND LEGAL MATERIALNOTARIES PUBLIC REFORM ACT —1-7 - Disqualifications

A notary may not perform a notarial act if the notary:

(1) is a signer of the document that is to be notarized, except for:
(a) a self-proved will as provided in Section 75-2-504; or
(b) a self-proved electronic will as provided in Section 75-2-1408;
(2) is named in the document that is to be notarized except for:
(a) a self-proved will as provided in Section 75-2-504;
(b) a self-proved electronic will as provided in Section 75-2-1408;
(c) a licensed attorney that is listed in the document only as representing a signer or another person named in the document; or
(d) a licensed escrow agent, as defined in Section 31A-1-301, that:
(i) acts as the title insurance producer in signing closing documents; and
(ii) is not named individually in the closing documents as a grantor, grantee, mortgagor, mortgagee, trustor, trustee, vendor, vendee, lessor, lessee, buyer, or seller;
(3) will receive direct compensation from a transaction connected with a financial transaction in which the notary is named individually as a principal; or
(4) will receive direct compensation from a real property transaction in which the notary is named individually as a grantor, grantee, mortgagor, mortgagee, trustor, trustee, beneficiary, vendor, vendee, lessor, lessee, buyer, or seller.

Utah Code § 46-1-7

Amended by Chapter 1, 2020SP6 General Session ,§ 1, eff. 8/31/2020.
Amended by Chapter 259, 2017 General Session ,§ 6, eff. 5/9/2017.
Amended by Chapter 102, 2008 General Session.
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