{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-423.310","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 423.310","heading":"Notarial acts -- Tangible and electronic records -- Online notary --","body":"Prohibited acts -- Tangible copy of electronic record.\n(1) A notarial officer may perform the following notarial acts:\n(a) Take acknowledgments;\n(b) Administer oaths and affirmations;\n(c) Take verifications of statements on oath or affirmation;\n(d) Certify that a copy of any document, other than a document that is recorded or\nin the custody of any federal, state, or local governmental agency, office, or\ncourt, is a true copy;\n(e) Certify depositions of witnesses;\n(f) Make or note a protest of a negotiable instrument;\n(g) Witness or attest signatures; and\n(h) Perform any notarial act authorized by a law of the Commonwealth other than\nKRS 423.300 to 423.455.\n(2) A notary public may perform any of the notarial acts listed in subsection (1) of this\nsection with respect to tangible records and electronic records.\n(3) Upon registration with the Secretary of State, an online notary may perform any of\nthe notarial acts listed in subsection (1) of this section as an electronic notarization.\n(4) A notarial officer shall not perform a notarial act with respect to a record to which\nthe notarial officer or the notarial officer's spouse or other member of the notarial\nofficer's immediate family  is a party, or in which any of those individuals has a\ndirect beneficial interest. A notarial act performed in violation of this subsection is\nvoidable.\n(5) A notarial officer may certify that a tangible copy of an electronic record is an\naccurate copy of the electronic record.","path":["KRS Chapter 423"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=49491","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:59:41Z","sha256":"0c321c07c97193c4d45169e705e90381b420eddd4a659667565c71bf29bedc43","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-423.305","next":"us-ky/krs-423.315"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}