{"data":{"id":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-486.945","jurisdiction":"us-mo","citation":"Mo. Rev. Stat. § 486.945","heading":"Journal of notarial acts, requirements.","body":"1. An electronic 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. If a notary is registered as an electronic notary:\n(1) The notary shall keep an electronic journal of electronic notarial acts as described in section 486.950; and\n(2) The notary shall keep a record of electronic notarial acts in the permanently bound journal.\n3. A notary shall maintain only one active permanently bound journal at the same time, except that a backup of each active and inactive electronic journal shall be retained by the notary in accordance with subdivision (3) of subsection 1 of section 486.950 if each respective original electronic journal is retained.\n4. 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=486.945","current_through":"2026 legislative session (floor)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T22:23:28Z","sha256":"e387c5a7a26177e2cbdb6bb3ad88b59815628bbcbf032b4d8bdeb3b8195ec8ea","source_id":"us-mo","stale":false,"prev":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-486.940","next":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-486.947"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}