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Executive Order 2020-14 (Mar. 26, 2020)

Remote notarization and remote witnessing

Governor JB Pritzker · Illinois (State)

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Jurisdiction
Illinois
Level
State
Authority
20 ILCS 3305/7(1), 7(2), 7(3), 7(12)
Issued
2020-03-26 Mar. 26, 2020
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 (read as 2021-06-30)
In force
Mar. 26, 2020 to June 30, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2
Limitation types
Courts and public officesOther
Addressees
  • notaries public
  • parties to documents requiring notarization or witnessing
Functions reached
  • CL closings, notaries, recorders and title
  • ML mortgage lending
  • CT courts and agencies
Collection
Illinois IL

Operative words

Section 1. During the duration of the Gubernatorial Disaster Proclamation related to the outbreak of COVID-19, the requirement that a person must 'appear before' 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

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.

Retrieval note

End date in 2021 not pinned; EO 2020-14 is not among the orders re-issued by EO 2021-15 (July 23, 2021).

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