The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Pennsylvania
- Level
- Sector regulator
- Authority
- 35 Pa.C.S. § 7301(f); 57 Pa.C.S. § 306
- Issued
- 2020-04-02 Apr. 2, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-04-02
- End
- Superseded by Act 15 of 2020 (PA-076) (read as 2020-06-30)
- In force
- Apr. 2, 2020 to June 30, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Courts and public officesOther
- Addressees
- notaries public
- attorneys and clients
- Functions reached
- CT notarial acts
- CS client meetings (law and accounting) displaced
- CL
- Collection
- Pennsylvania PA
Operative words
The Department of State requested and received a temporary limited suspension of the Pennsylvania statute which requires physical presence of notaries for all notarial acts relating to a statement or signature on a record.... Yet, it is increasingly difficult for attorneys to meet with their clients. Many seniors, and particularly those with medical conditions, are obeying the president and the governor and are limiting exposure to other people. Some clients are in nursing homes where no visitors are allowed.
Enforcement
Notes
The Department's own recital that client meetings were displaced and nursing homes closed to visitors.