{"id":"AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-042","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Maryland (Governor)","state":"MD","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS","eco":"","issuer":"Governor Lawrence J. Hogan, Jr.","authority":"Md. Code Ann., Pub. Safety secs. 14-107, 14-303 (Governor\u0027s emergency powers; catastrophic health emergency proclaimed March 5, 2020, renewed March 17, 2020)","instrument":"Order of the Governor of the State of Maryland Authorizing Remote Notarizations (No. 20-03-30-04)","title":"Order of the Governor of the State of Maryland Authorizing Remote Notarizations","dateIssued":"2020-03-30","effective":"2020-03-30","end":"\u0027This Order remains effective until the termination of the state of emergency and the proclamation of the catastrophic health emergency has been rescinded\u0027 (sec. III); amended September 29, 2020 (Order 20-09-29-01) and terminated August 15, 2021 (MD-031)","startDate":"2020-03-30","endDate":"2020-09-29","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["CRT","OTHER"],"addressees":["notaries public who have notified the Secretary of State","individuals executing notarized documents"],"clause":"II. An individual need not be in the physical presence of a notary public who performs a notarial act if: a. they communicate with each other simultaneously by sight and sound through a communication technology; and b. the notary public: i. is appointed and commissioned to perform a notarial act; ii. has notified the Secretary of State of the intention to perform notarial acts facilitated by communication technologies... v. creates, or directs another person to create, and retains an audio-visual recording of the performance of the notarial act; and vi. indicates on a certificate of the notarial act and in a journal that the individual was not in the physical presence of the notary public... III. This Order remains effective until the termination of the state of emergency and the proclamation of the catastrophic health emergency has been rescinded, except as may be rescinded, superseded, amended, or revised by additional orders.","enforcement":"Md. Code Ann., Pub. Safety sec. 14-114 (violation of emergency orders a misdemeanor); sec. IV modifies the effect of contrary statutes and rules","functions":["CL closings, deeds and mortgages (Maryland land records)","OF law and title offices","FI","CB"],"notes":"Issued the week Maryland\u0027s Non-Essential Business closure took effect (March 23, 2020; MD-005); in force through 2021 Q3 to August 15, 2021.","sourceUrl":"https://governor.maryland.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Remote-Notarizations-3.30.20.pdf","snapshot":"http://web.archive.org/web/20200501000000/https://governor.maryland.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Remote-Notarizations-3.30.20.pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":593662,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS","url":"/library/AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-042","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-042","citation":"Governor Lawrence J. Hogan, Jr, Order of the Governor of the State of Maryland Authorizing Remote Notarizations (No. 20-03-30-04) (Mar. 30, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-042)","stateName":"Maryland","related":["MD-031","MD-005"]}