{"data":{"id":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-486.700","jurisdiction":"us-mo","citation":"Mo. Rev. Stat. § 486.700","heading":"Journal to be maintained, requirements.","body":"1. A notary shall keep, maintain, protect, and provide for lawful inspection a chronological journal of notarial acts that is a permanently bound book with numbered pages.\n2. A notary shall maintain only one active permanently bound journal at the same time.\n3. A notary shall keep the permanently bound journal for a period of no less than ten years from the date of the last entry.","path":["Title XXXII - COURTS","Chapter 486 - Commissioners of Deeds and Notaries Public"],"source_url":"https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=486.700","current_through":"2026 legislative session (floor)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T22:23:28Z","sha256":"c0efc9d34e3757417736e1819789a0988c52d9e7ec9e75d2b13c353b7d608663","source_id":"us-mo","stale":false,"prev":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-486.695","next":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-486.705"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}