{"id":"AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-046","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Nebraska (Governor; Secretary of State; Department of Banking and Finance)","state":"NE","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS","eco":"","issuer":"Governor Pete Ricketts","authority":"Neb. Rev. Stat. sec. 81-829.40 (Emergency Management Act); Neb. Rev. Stat. sec. 84-901.04 (emergency regulations); Secretary of State Emergency Regulation, 433 Neb. Admin. Code ch. 9 (April 2, 2020)","instrument":"Executive Order No. 20-13","title":"Coronavirus - Accelerating Online Notary Access and Financial Institutions Regulatory Flexibility","dateIssued":"2020-04-01","effective":"2020-04-02 (Secretary of State\u0027s emergency regulation authorized to carry out the Act \u0027commencing on April 2, 2020, and ending on June 30, 2020\u0027)","end":"The operative-date waiver was overtaken by the Act\u0027s July 1, 2020 effective date; the banking waivers ran to 30 days after the emergency; the order was rescinded June 1, 2021 (Nebraska State file.","startDate":"2020-04-02","endDate":"2020-07-01","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2"],"types":["CRT","OTHER"],"addressees":["Secretary of State","commissioned notaries","Department of Banking and Finance","banks, credit unions and installment loan companies"],"clause":"WHEREAS, to complete a notarial act, a notary and a principal must be physically present together in order for the notary to properly notarize documents, including real estate closing papers, bank loans, and other legal documents;... 1. The July 1, 2020, operative date for the Online Notary Public Act, set forth in 2019 Neb. Laws, LB 186 section 27 (to be codified at Neb. Rev. Stat. sec. 64-401 through sec. 64-418) is waived so that the Secretary of State can immediately commence implementation of the Act; and 2. The requirements in Title 45 Nebraska Administrative Code Chapter 24 sec. 001.09 which require submission of an annual Director\u0027s Examination within 90 days of the calendar year end... are waived until 30 days after the lifting of the COVID-19 state of emergency; and 3. The requirements... which require bank directors or an accountant to be physically present in order to carry out the regulation to count cash [are] waived","enforcement":"Neb. Rev. Stat. sec. 81-829.40 (force and effect of law)","functions":["CL real estate closings and bank loan documents (recital)","BR bank examinations and cash counts (financial services)","OF","CB"],"notes":"The recital is the Governor\u0027s own statement of the mechanism: without remote notarization, \u0027real estate closing papers, bank loans, and other legal documents\u0027 required physical presence during the emergency.","sourceUrl":"https://govdocs.nebraska.gov/docs/pilot/pubs/eofiles/20-13.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":806650,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS","url":"/library/AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-046","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-046","citation":"Governor Pete Ricketts, Executive Order No. 20-13 (Apr. 1, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-046)","stateName":"Nebraska","related":["AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-006"]}