Amendment ID: S757-1

Amendment 1

An Act regulating notaries public to protect consumers and the validity and effectiveness of recorded instruments

The committee on Ways and Means recommends that the bill be amended by striking out section 5 and inserting in place thereof the following section:-

“SECTION 5.Section 11 of said chapter 222, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out the first paragraph and inserting in place thereof the following paragraph:-

Persons serving in or with the armed forces of the commonwealth or other reserve component commands when conducting mobilization exercises and soldier readiness processing or the armed forces of the United States or their dependents, wherever located, may acknowledge any instrument in the manner and form required by law before a commissioned officer in the active service of the armed forces of the commonwealth or the United States with the rank of second lieutenant or higher in the army, air force or marine corps or ensign or higher in the navy or United States Coast Guard.  Any such instrument shall contain a statement that the person executing the instrument is serving in or with the armed forces of the commonwealth or other reserve component command when conducting mobilization exercises and soldier readiness processing or the armed forces of the United States or is a dependent of any such person. No such instrument shall be rendered invalid by the failure to state in the instrument the place of execution or acknowledgment.”; and

by striking out, in lines 115 and 116, inclusive, the words “, reside or have a regular place of work or business within the commonwealth and be a United States citizen or have permanent residency status in the United States” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- “and reside or have a regular place of work or business within the commonwealth”.