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Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Jurisdiction	Issued	Quarters	Limitations	Grade
Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-048	Va. Code Ann. sec. 47.1-2 (Definitions), Title 47.1 (Notaries and Out-of-State Commissioners)Virginia Code sec. 47.1-2, Definitions (electronic notarial act; electronic notarization)	General Assembly of Virginia (Va. Code sec. 47.1-2 as amended by 2011 Acts cc. 731, 834 and later acts)	Virginia (General Assembly) - permanent statute, contextState	July 1, 2012	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Other	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-049	Tex. Gov't Code ch. 406, subch. C (Online Notary Public), added by H.B. 1217 (2017)Texas Government Code, Chapter 406, Subchapter C, Online Notary Public	Texas Legislature (Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., ch. 340 (H.B. 1217), sec. 3)	Texas (Legislature) - permanent statute, contextState	July 1, 2018	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Other	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-047	Chapter 2019-71, Laws of FloridaAn act relating to electronic legal documents;... authorizing online notarizations	Florida Legislature; approved by Governor Ron DeSantis June 7, 2019	Florida (Legislature) - permanent statute, contextState	June 7, 2019	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Other	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-005	Executive Order No. 15An Order Suspending Provisions of Certain Statutes and Rules and Taking Other Necessary Measures in Order to Facilitate the Treatment and…	Governor Bill Lee	Tennessee (Governor; Department of Safety and Homeland Security, Driver Services Division)State	Mar. 19, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4	Courts and public officesOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-006	Executive Order No. 20-05Coronavirus - Motor Vehicle Titling, Registration & Driver License Waiver	Governor Pete Ricketts	Nebraska (Governor; Department of Motor Vehicles and county treasurers)State	Mar. 19, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Courts and public officesOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-036	Executive Order No. 202.7Continuing Temporary Suspension and Modification of Laws Relating to the Disaster Emergency	Governor Andrew M. Cuomo	New York (Governor)State	Mar. 19, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Business closureCourts and public officesOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-087	P.L. 2020, Chapter 10 (Assembly Bill No. 3849)An Act concerning the availability of government records during periods of emergency and amending P.L.2001, c.404	New Jersey Senate and General Assembly; approved by Governor Philip D. Murphy	New Jersey (Legislature; every public-records custodian)State	Mar. 20, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Courts and public officesOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-086	Executive Order N-35-20Executive Order N-35-20 (deadline extensions; local ordinance suspension; health-facility licensing waivers)	Governor Gavin Newsom	California (Governor; State agencies and local governments)State	Mar. 21, 2020	2020 Q2	Courts and public officesSupply chainOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-057	ARCC notice of March 19, 2020: 'All ARCC Offices Closed: No Over-The-Counter Services' from Monday, March 23, 2020, until further noticeAll ARCC Offices Closed: No Over-The-Counter Services	San Diego County Assessor/Recorder/County Clerk Ernest J. Dronenburg, Jr.	San Diego County, California (Assessor/Recorder/County Clerk)County	Mar. 19, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureGathering capCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-072	Tarrant County Clerk notice of March 20, 2020: no public access to physical office spaces from Monday, March 23, 2020 (as archived March 29, 2020)Tarrant County Clerk COVID-19 notice: no public inside physical office spaces from March 23, 2020	Tarrant County Clerk Mary Louise Nicholson	Tarrant County, Texas (County Clerk: real estate records, vital records, civil and probate courts)County	Mar. 20, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-094	Commission notice, 'Update Regarding In-Person Services & COVID-19 at the Arizona Corporation Commission' (March 24-25, 2020): in-person window counters in Phoenix and Tucson temporarily closed; Corporate Filings and Records counters closed from March 26, 2020; Docket Control closed to the public from March 25, 2020 (as archived March 29, 2020)Update Regarding In-Person Services & COVID-19 at the Arizona Corporation Commission	Arizona Corporation Commission	Arizona (Corporation Commission: Corporations Division filings and records; Docket Control)State	Mar. 24, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-008	WisDOT news release: Overweight permits for truckers hauling groceries extended (Mar. 26, 2020)Overweight permits for truckers hauling groceries extended	Wisconsin Department of Transportation (implementing the Governor's declaration)	Wisconsin (Department of Transportation; Governor's declaration)State	Mar. 26, 2020	2020 Q2	Supply chainOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-042	Order of the Governor of the State of Maryland Authorizing Remote Notarizations (No. 20-03-30-04)Order of the Governor of the State of Maryland Authorizing Remote Notarizations	Governor Lawrence J. Hogan, Jr.	Maryland (Governor)State	Mar. 30, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Courts and public officesOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-076	Executive Order N-40-20Executive Order N-40-20 (relief to businesses; deadline extensions; DMV in-person transactions)	Governor Gavin Newsom	California (Governor; Department of Motor Vehicles; Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control; Bureau of Gambling Control; Department of Consumer Affairs; Department of Tax and Fee Administration)State	Mar. 30, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Courts and public officesOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-054	Maricopa County Recorder website notice: 'Due to the Stay Home, Stay Healthy, Stay Connected Executive Order our public counters are closed until further notice' (as archived nearest April 1, 2020)Maricopa County Recorder public counters closed; e-recording through approved vendors	Maricopa County Recorder Adrian Fontes	Maricopa County, Arizona (County Recorder)County	Apr. 1, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-097	OMV home-page banner (expresslane.org, as archived nearest April 1, 2020): 'Statewide OMV Locations to Close due to COVID-19 Precautions'; 'For information on deadline extensions click here'Statewide OMV Locations to Close due to COVID-19 Precautions (Office of Motor Vehicles banner)	Louisiana Office of Motor Vehicles (Department of Public Safety and Corrections)	Louisiana (Department of Public Safety and Corrections, Public Safety Services, Office of Motor Vehicles)State	Apr. 1, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-046	Executive Order No. 20-13Coronavirus - Accelerating Online Notary Access and Financial Institutions Regulatory Flexibility	Governor Pete Ricketts	Nebraska (Governor; Secretary of State; Department of Banking and Finance)State	Apr. 1, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Courts and public officesOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-088	Executive Order No. 2020-38Temporary extensions of certain FOIA deadlines to facilitate COVID-19 emergency response efforts	Governor Gretchen Whitmer	Michigan (Governor; every public body)State	Apr. 5, 2020	2020 Q2	Courts and public officesOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-113	Executive Order No. 1467Executive Order No. 1467 (remote notarization for the duration of the State of Emergency and fourteen days thereafter)	Governor Tate Reeves	Mississippi (Governor; Secretary of State's notary rules)State	Apr. 6, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Courts and public officesOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-041	Executive Order No. 2020-41Encouraging the use of electronic signatures and remote notarization, witnessing, and visitation during the COVID-19 pandemic	Governor Gretchen Whitmer	Michigan (Governor)State	Apr. 8, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Courts and public officesOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-044	Governor's suspension of statutes to allow appearance before a notary public via videoconference (announced April 8, 2020)Governor Abbott Temporarily Suspends Certain Statutes To Allow For Appearance Before Notary Public Via Videoconference	Governor Greg Abbott (Office of the Texas Governor release announcing the suspension)	Texas (Governor)State	Apr. 8, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Courts and public officesOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-038	P.L. 2020, Chapter 26 (Assembly Bill No. 3903)An Act concerning remote notarial acts, and other acts for executing and verifying certain documents, by notaries public and certain other…	New Jersey Senate and General Assembly; approved by Governor Philip D. Murphy	New Jersey (Legislature)State	Apr. 14, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Courts and public officesOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-039	Chapter 71 of the Acts of 2020An Act providing for virtual notarization to address challenges related to COVID-19	Massachusetts General Court; approved by Governor Charles D. Baker	Massachusetts (General Court)State	Apr. 23, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Courts and public officesOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-050	Act 95 of 2020 (S.114)An act relating to the emergency judicial response to the COVID-19 public health emergency	Vermont General Assembly; signed by Governor Phil Scott April 28, 2020	Vermont (General Assembly; Secretary of State's Emergency Administrative Rules for Remote Notarial Acts)State	Apr. 28, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Courts and public officesOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-043	Session Law 2020-3 (S.B. 704), COVID-19 Recovery ActAn Act to Provide Aid to North Carolinians in Response to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Crisis	General Assembly of North Carolina (ratified May 2, 2020); signed by Governor Roy Cooper May 4, 2020	North Carolina (General Assembly; Division of Motor Vehicles; notaries)State	May 4, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4	Courts and public officesOther	Primary source read

General Assembly of Virginia (Va. Code sec. 47.1-2 as amended by 2011 Acts cc. 731, 834 and later acts), Va. Code Ann. sec. 47.1-2 (Definitions), Title 47.1 (Notaries and Out-of-State Commissioners) (July 1, 2012) (Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-048)
Texas Legislature (Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., ch. 340 (H.B. 1217), sec. 3), Tex. Gov't Code ch. 406, subch. C (Online Notary Public), added by H.B. 1217 (2017) (July 1, 2018) (Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-049)
Florida Legislature; approved by Governor Ron DeSantis June 7, 2019, Chapter 2019-71, Laws of Florida (June 7, 2019) (Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-047)
Governor Bill Lee, Executive Order No. 15 (Mar. 19, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-005)
Governor Pete Ricketts, Executive Order No. 20-05 (Mar. 19, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-006)
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo, Executive Order No. 202.7 (Mar. 19, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-036)
New Jersey Senate and General Assembly; approved by Governor Philip D. Murphy, P.L. 2020, Chapter 10 (Assembly Bill No. 3849) (Mar. 20, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-087)
Governor Gavin Newsom, Executive Order N-35-20 (Mar. 21, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-086)
San Diego County Assessor/Recorder/County Clerk Ernest J. Dronenburg, Jr, ARCC notice of March 19, 2020: 'All ARCC Offices Closed: No Over-The-Counter Services' from Monday, March 23, 2020, until further notice (Mar. 19, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-057)
Tarrant County Clerk Mary Louise Nicholson, Tarrant County Clerk notice of March 20, 2020: no public access to physical office spaces from Monday, March 23, 2020 (as archived March 29, 2020) (Mar. 20, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-072)
Arizona Corporation Commission, Commission notice, 'Update Regarding In-Person Services & COVID-19 at the Arizona Corporation Commission' (March 24-25, 2020): in-person window counters in Phoenix and Tucson temporarily closed; Corporate Filings and Records counters closed from March 26, 2020; Docket Control closed to the public from March 25, 2020 (as archived March 29, 2020) (Mar. 24, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-094)
Wisconsin Department of Transportation (implementing the Governor's declaration), WisDOT news release: Overweight permits for truckers hauling groceries extended (Mar. 26, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-008)
Governor Lawrence J. Hogan, Jr, Order of the Governor of the State of Maryland Authorizing Remote Notarizations (No. 20-03-30-04) (Mar. 30, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-042)
Governor Gavin Newsom, Executive Order N-40-20 (Mar. 30, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-076)
Maricopa County Recorder Adrian Fontes, Maricopa County Recorder website notice: 'Due to the Stay Home, Stay Healthy, Stay Connected Executive Order our public counters are closed until further notice' (as archived nearest April 1, 2020) (Apr. 1, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-054)
Louisiana Office of Motor Vehicles (Department of Public Safety and Corrections), OMV home-page banner (expresslane.org, as archived nearest April 1, 2020): 'Statewide OMV Locations to Close due to COVID-19 Precautions'; 'For information on deadline extensions click here' (Apr. 1, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-097)
Governor Pete Ricketts, Executive Order No. 20-13 (Apr. 1, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-046)
Governor Gretchen Whitmer, Executive Order No. 2020-38 (Apr. 5, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-088)
Governor Tate Reeves, Executive Order No. 1467 (Apr. 6, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-113)
Governor Gretchen Whitmer, Executive Order No. 2020-41 (Apr. 8, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-041)
Governor Greg Abbott (Office of the Texas Governor release announcing the suspension), Governor's suspension of statutes to allow appearance before a notary public via videoconference (announced April 8, 2020) (Apr. 8, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-044)
New Jersey Senate and General Assembly; approved by Governor Philip D. Murphy, P.L. 2020, Chapter 26 (Assembly Bill No. 3903) (Apr. 14, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-038)
Massachusetts General Court; approved by Governor Charles D. Baker, Chapter 71 of the Acts of 2020 (Apr. 23, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-039)
Vermont General Assembly; signed by Governor Phil Scott April 28, 2020, Act 95 of 2020 (S.114) (Apr. 28, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-050)
General Assembly of North Carolina (ratified May 2, 2020); signed by Governor Roy Cooper May 4, 2020, Session Law 2020-3 (S.B. 704), COVID-19 Recovery Act (May 4, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-043)

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