{"id":"ME-016","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Maine","state":"ME","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Governor Janet T. Mills","authority":"37-B M.R.S. §§ 742(1)(C)(1), 834","instrument":"Executive Order 37 FY 19/20 (Apr. 8, 2020)","title":"An Order Temporarily Modifying Certain In-Person Notarization and Acknowledgement Requirements","dateIssued":"2020-04-08","effective":"2020-04-08","end":"Amended Apr. 24, 2020 (EO 37-A: 30 days after termination of the emergency); expired with the emergency (EO 40)","startDate":"2020-04-08","endDate":"2020-04-24","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2"],"types":["CRT"],"addressees":["notaries public","witnesses","parties to instruments"],"clause":"the in-person services of notaries public and witnesses are required to complete and validate a wide variety of important personal and commercial transactions; and WHEREAS, it is now necessary for those services to be provided remotely to ensure the social distancing recommended by the United States and Maine Centers for Disease Control and Prevention... This Order applies to all provisions of Maine law that require a signature to be acknowledged, witnessed or notarized in person","enforcement":"Statutory validity of instruments","functions":["CL closings, notaries, recorders","ML mortgage lending","CT courts and agencies"],"notes":"Real estate, lending and estate-planning transactions moved to remote notarization under this order.","sourceUrl":"https://www.maine.gov/governor/mills/sites/maine.gov.governor.mills/files/inline-files/EO37.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":369419,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"ME","url":"/library/ME-016","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/ME-016","citation":"Governor Janet T. Mills, Executive Order 37 FY 19/20 (Apr. 8, 2020) (Ex. ME-016)","stateName":"Maine","related":["ME-015","ME-014","ME-017","ME-013","ME-011","ME-018","ME-019","ME-007","ME-010","ME-006","ME-005","ME-004"]}