SECOND REGULAR SESSION

HOUSE BILL NO. 1521

94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE FRANZ.

                  Pre-filed January 3, 2008 and copies ordered printed.

D. ADAM CRUMBLISS, Chief Clerk

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AN ACT

To repeal section 486.220, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to notaries public.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:

            Section A. Section 486.220, RSMo, is repealed and one new section enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as section 486.220, to read as follows:

            486.220. 1. Each person appointed and commissioned as a notary public shall, except as provided for in subsection 2 of this section:

            (1) Be at least eighteen years of age;

            (2) Be a registered voter of the county within and for which he or she is commissioned; [or a resident alien of the United States;]

            (3) Have a residence address in the county within and for which he or she is commissioned;

            (4) Be able to read and write the English language; and

            (5) Not have had his or her commission revoked during the past ten years; or

            (6) In lieu of the requirements contained in subdivisions (1) to (5) of this subsection, a person who is appointed and commissioned a notary public pursuant to subsection 2 of this section may be appointed and commissioned pursuant to this subsection upon becoming a resident of Missouri.

            2. Any person who does not qualify under subsection 1 of this section may nonetheless be appointed and commissioned as a notary public provided that person:

            (1) Is at least eighteen years of age;

            (2) Works in Missouri and will use the notary seal in the course of his or her employment in Missouri;

            (3) Has a work address in the county within and for which he or she is commissioned;

            (4) Is able to read and write the English language;

            (5) Has not had a notary commission revoked in any state during the past ten years; [and]

            (6) Authorizes the secretary of state as the agent and representative of such person to accept service of any process or service of any notice or demand required or permitted by law to be served upon such person; and

            (7) Is a United States citizen.

            3. A notary public is not a public officer within the meaning of article VII of the Missouri Constitution.

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