Missouri Revised Statutes













Chapter 486

Commissioners of Deeds and Notaries Public

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Section 486.345.1

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August 28, 2015

Facsimile may be certified--form of certification.

486.345. 1. A notary public may certify a facsimile of a document if he

or she receives a signed written request stating that a certified copy or

facsimile, preparation of a copy, or certification of a copy of the document

does not violate any state or federal law.



2. Each notary public shall retain a facsimile of each document he or she

has certified as a facsimile of another document, together with other papers

or copies relating to his or her notarial acts.



3. The certification of a facsimile shall be in type not smaller than

eight-point and in substantially the following form:



State of ............ County (and/or City) of .............

I, ........... (name of notary), a Notary Public in and for said state, do

certify that on ........... (date) I carefully compared the attached

facsimile of .............. (type of document) and the facsimile I now hold

in my possession. They are complete, full, true and exact facsimiles of the

document they purport to reproduce.

.............. (official signature and official seal of notary)



(L. 1977 H.B. 513 § 31, A.L. 2004 H.B. 1193)





1991



1991



486.345. 1. A notary public may certify a facsimile of a

document if he receives a signed written request stating that a

certified copy or facsimile, preparation of a copy, or

certification of a copy of the document does not violate any

state or federal law.



2. Each notary public shall retain a facsimile of each

document he has certified as a facsimile of another document,

together with other papers or copies relating to his notarial

acts.



3. The certification of a facsimile shall be in

substantially the following form:



State of ........ County (and/or City) of ......... I,

........ (name of notary), a Notary Public in and for said state,

do certify that on ........ (date) I carefully compared the

attached facsimile of .......... (type of document) and the

facsimile I now hold in my possession. They are complete, full,

true and exact facsimiles of the document they purport to

reproduce.

.......... (official signature and official seal of notary.)



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