Executive Order No. 1467

The record

Jurisdiction

Mississippi (Governor; Secretary of State's notary rules) · Mississippi

Level

State

Authority

Miss. Code Ann. secs. 33-15-11(c)(1) and 33-15-31 (Governor's emergency powers); March 14, 2020 Proclamation of a State of Emergency

Issued

2020-04-06 Apr. 6, 2020

Effective

2020-04-06

End

'for the duration of the State of Emergency and for fourteen days thereafter' (para. 1); Mississippi's COVID-19 state of emergency was extended into 2021 and ended November 20, 2021 (secondary), so the order ran through 2021 Q3 (read as 2021-11-20)

In force

Apr. 6, 2020 to Nov. 20, 2021

Quarters

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

Limitation types

Courts and public officesOther

Addressees

• notaries public commissioned in Mississippi
• principals executing documents
• recorders and chancery clerks (certificate of electronic document, para. 7)

Functions reached

• CL real-property documents and closings (para. 7 certificate for recording electronic documents)
• OF
• FI
• CB

Collection

State motor-vehicle offices, secretaries of state and recorders AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS

Operative words

1. In order to provide Mississippi citizens and businesses with a secure, safe, and legal method by which to execute important legal documents for the duration of the State of Emergency in my March 14, 2020 Proclamation, providing an alternative to the in-person physical presence requirement under the current notarial process is a necessary measure to combat the COVID-19 emergency. Accordingly, pursuant to Miss. Code Ann. secs. 33-15-11(c)(1) and 33-15-31, this Executive Order temporarily modifies 1 Miss. Admin. Code Pt. 5, R. 1.5 for the duration of the State of Emergency and for fourteen days thereafter and allows notaries public commissioned under the laws of this State to perform a notarization for a principal not in the physical presence of the notary public, provided the following conditions are met: (A) the principal and the notary public can communicate simultaneously by sight and sound through an electronic device or process at the time of the signing... 2. If a State law requires a principal to appear personally before or be in the physical presence of a notary public at the time of a notarization that requirement shall be satisfied if the principal and the notary public are not in the physical presence of each other but can communicate simultaneously by sight and sound through an electronic device or process at the time of the notarization.

Enforcement

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