{"id":"AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-044","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Texas (Governor)","state":"TX","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS","eco":"","issuer":"Governor Greg Abbott (Office of the Texas Governor release announcing the suspension)","authority":"Tex. Gov\u0027t Code sec. 418.016 (suspension of regulatory statutes during a declared disaster); March 13, 2020 disaster declaration, renewed monthly","instrument":"Governor\u0027s suspension of statutes to allow appearance before a notary public via videoconference (announced April 8, 2020)","title":"Governor Abbott Temporarily Suspends Certain Statutes To Allow For Appearance Before Notary Public Via Videoconference","dateIssued":"2020-04-08","effective":"2020-04-08","end":"\u0027This suspension will remain in effect until terminated by the Office of the Governor or until the March 13, 2020 disaster declaration is lifted or expires\u0027 (the disaster declaration was renewed monthly through and beyond September 30, 2021)","startDate":"2020-04-08","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["CRT","OTHER"],"addressees":["notaries public","persons executing self-proved wills, durable and medical powers of attorney, directives to physicians, oaths of executors, administrators and guardians"],"clause":"Governor Greg Abbott today suspended certain statutes concerning appearance before a notary public to execute a self-proved will, a durable power of attorney, a medical power of attorney, a directive to physician, or an oath of an executor, administrator, or guardian. These suspensions temporarily allow for appearance before a notary public via videoconference when executing such documents... A notary public shall verify the identity of a person signing a document at the time the signature is taken by using two-way video and audio conference technology.... This suspension will remain in effect until terminated by the Office of the Governor or until the March 13, 2020 disaster declaration is lifted or expires.","enforcement":"Tex. Gov\u0027t Code sec. 418.016 suspension (force of law); documents executed under the suspension \u0027will remain valid after the termination of this suspension\u0027","functions":["CL estate-planning and fiduciary documents executed remotely (law firms, banks, hospitals)","OF","CB"],"notes":"Texas already had permanent online notarization for other documents (Tex. Gov\u0027t Code ch. 406, subch. C; AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-049); the suspension reached the estate and fiduciary instruments the statute excluded. A 2021 Q3 instrument by its terms.","sourceUrl":"https://gov.texas.gov/news/post/governor-abbott-temporarily-suspends-certain-statutes-to-allow-for-appearance-before-notary-public-via-videoconference","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":247693,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS","url":"/library/AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-044","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-044","citation":"Governor Greg Abbott (Office of the Texas Governor release announcing the suspension), Governor\u0027s suspension of statutes to allow appearance before a notary public via videoconference (announced April 8, 2020) (Apr. 8, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-044)","stateName":"Texas","related":["AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-049"]}