{"id":"AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-050","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Vermont (General Assembly; Secretary of State\u0027s Emergency Administrative Rules for Remote Notarial Acts)","state":"VT","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS","eco":"","issuer":"Vermont General Assembly; signed by Governor Phil Scott April 28, 2020","authority":"Vt. Const. ch. II, sec. 6; the Governor\u0027s March 13, 2020 declaration of a state of emergency","instrument":"Act 95 of 2020 (S.114)","title":"An act relating to the emergency judicial response to the COVID-19 public health emergency","dateIssued":"2020-04-28","effective":"2020-04-28 (\u0027This act shall take effect on passage\u0027)","end":"Sec. 7 \u0027emergency period\u0027 ends \u002730 days after the Governor terminates the state of emergency by declaration\u0027 (the emergency ended June 15, 2021; period ended July 15, 2021); secs. 2-3 operate \u0027during the period that the Emergency Administrative Rules for Remote Notarial Acts... are in effect\u0027","startDate":"2020-04-28","endDate":"2021-06-15","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["CRT","OTHER"],"addressees":["notaries public","principals executing powers of attorney","grantors of deeds","town clerks (land records)","parties filing documents in court"],"clause":"(f)(1) During the period that the Emergency Administrative Rules for Remote Notarial Acts issued by the Vermont Secretary of State (the Emergency Rules) are in effect, the witness to a power of attorney signed in conformity with the Emergency Rules and pursuant to this section shall be considered to be in the presence of the principal whether or not the witness is physically present with the principal or the notary. A power of attorney executed pursuant to this subsection may be recorded in the land records.... Sec. 7. (a) As used in this section, \u0027emergency period\u0027 means the period beginning with the Governor\u0027s declaration of a state of emergency on March 13, 2020 arising from COVID-19 and ending 30 days after the Governor terminates the state of emergency by declaration. (b) During the emergency period, notwithstanding 4 V.S.A. sec. 27b: (1) A party may file any document that would otherwise require the approval or verification of a notary by filing the document with the following language inserted above the signature and date: \u0027I declare that the above statement is true and accurate to the best of my knowledge and belief...\u0027","enforcement":"Statute; deeds and powers of attorney \u0027presumed to be valid if the notarial certificate... contains an affirmative statement of compliance with the Emergency Rules\u0027","functions":["CL deeds and powers of attorney recorded in town land records","CT court filings without notarization","OF law offices","CB"],"notes":"Vermont\u0027s town clerks record deeds; the Act validated remotely notarized deeds for recording while clerks\u0027 offices were closed or limited.","sourceUrl":"https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACT095/ACT095%20As%20Enacted.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":86307,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS","url":"/library/AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-050","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-050","citation":"Vermont General Assembly; signed by Governor Phil Scott April 28, 2020, Act 95 of 2020 (S.114) (Apr. 28, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-050)","stateName":"Vermont","related":[]}