{"data":{"id":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-486.985","jurisdiction":"us-mo","citation":"Mo. Rev. Stat. § 486.985","heading":"Production of electronic signature or seal, compromise of, requirements.","body":"1. Upon becoming aware that the status, functionality, or validity of the means for producing a registered electronic signature, notary seal, or single element combining the signature and seal, has changed, expired, terminated, or become compromised, the notary shall:\n(1) Immediately notify the secretary;\n(2) Cease producing seals or signatures in electronic notarizations using that means;\n(3) Perform electronic notarizations only with a currently registered means or another means that has been registered within thirty days; and\n(4) Dispose of any software, coding, disk, certificate, card, token, or program that has been rendered defunct, in the manner described in subsection 1 of section 486.995.\n2. Pursuant to subsection 1 of this section, the secretary shall immediately suspend the electronic status of a notary who has no other currently registered means for producing electronic signatures or notary seals and, if such means is not registered within thirty days, electronic status shall be terminated.","path":["Title XXXII - COURTS","Chapter 486 - Commissioners of Deeds and Notaries Public"],"source_url":"https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=486.985","current_through":"2026 legislative session (floor)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T22:23:28Z","sha256":"e3469caa68ee7ed92b09413ea624beb05b91e9e0791395aafd4d6a2524f8d8d3","source_id":"us-mo","stale":false,"prev":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-486.980","next":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-486.990"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}