{"id":"IL-007","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Illinois","state":"IL","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Governor JB Pritzker","authority":"20 ILCS 3305/7(1), 7(2), 7(3), 7(12)","instrument":"Executive Order 2020-14 (Mar. 26, 2020)","title":"Remote notarization and remote witnessing","dateIssued":"2020-03-26","effective":"2020-03-26","end":"Duration of the proclamation; re-issued monthly in 2020 (EOs 2020-18, 2020-33, 2020-39, 2020-44, 2020-48, 2020-52, 2020-55, 2020-59, 2020-71, 2020-74) and into 2021; Illinois later codified remote notarization by statute","startDate":"2020-03-26","endDate":"2021-06-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2"],"types":["CRT","OTHER"],"addressees":["notaries public","parties to documents requiring notarization or witnessing"],"clause":"Section 1. During the duration of the Gubernatorial Disaster Proclamation related to the outbreak of COVID-19, the requirement that a person must \u0027appear before\u0027 a Notary Public commissioned under the laws of Illinois pursuant to the Illinois Notary Act, 5 ILCS 312/6-102, is satisfied if the Notary Public performs a remote notarization via two-way audio-video communication technology, provided that the Notary Public commissioned in Illinois is physically within the State while performing the notarial act and the transaction follows the guidance posted by the Illinois Secretary of State on its website.","enforcement":"20 ILCS 3305/7; Secretary of State guidance","functions":["CL closings, notaries, recorders and title","ML mortgage lending","CT courts and agencies"],"notes":"Issued because the stay-at-home order made in-person notarization of real estate, lending and estate documents unlawful except as Essential Activity; the order changed how every closing in Illinois was conducted.","sourceUrl":"https://www.illinois.gov/government/executive-orders/executive-order.executive-order-number-14.2020.html","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":50872,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"IL","url":"/library/IL-007","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/IL-007","citation":"Governor JB Pritzker, Executive Order 2020-14 (Mar. 26, 2020) (Ex. IL-007)","stateName":"Illinois","related":["IL-008","IL-005","IL-009","IL-068","IL-003","IL-006","IL-004","IL-002","IL-001","IL-010","IL-012","IL-014"]}