{"id":"TN-042","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Tennessee","state":"TN","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Governor Bill Lee","authority":"Tenn. Code Ann. § 58-2-107(e)","instrument":"Executive Order No. 52","title":"An Order Extending Remote Notarization and Witnessing of Documents to Further Contain COVID-19","dateIssued":"2020-06-29","effective":"12:01 a.m. CDT June 30, 2020","end":"12:01 a.m. Aug. 29, 2020; chain continued by EO 61, 64, 66, 72 and 79 to Apr. 28, 2021","startDate":"2020-06-30","endDate":"2020-08-29","quarters":["2020Q3"],"types":["CRT","OTHER"],"addressees":["notaries, witnesses, signatories"],"clause":"WHEREAS,... Executive Order No. 26... allowed for remote notarization and remote witnessing of documents... so that Tennesseans could continue to engage in commerce and execute legal documents without requiring in-person contact that might lead to exposure to, or the spread of, COVID-19... WHEREAS, COVID-19 remains a threat to our citizens and therefore an extension... is necessary to ensure that persons, and particularly populations especially vulnerable to COVID-19... can continue to avoid in-person contact to the greatest extent practicable","enforcement":"Suspension of physical-presence requirements in Tenn. Code Ann. Title 8, ch. 16 and Titles 32, 34, 66, 68","functions":["CL closings and legal documents (Q3 2020)","OF"],"notes":"Shows the notarization chain in force through 2020 Q3","sourceUrl":"https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/pub/execorders/exec-orders-lee52.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":258846,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"TN","url":"/library/TN-042","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/TN-042","citation":"Governor Bill Lee, Executive Order No. 52 (June 29, 2020) (Ex. TN-042)","stateName":"Tennessee","related":["TN-020","TN-021","TN-019","TN-022","TN-018","TN-017","TN-016","TN-015","TN-023","TN-014","TN-013","TN-012"]}