Model Notary Act

The Model Notary Act is a comprehensive statute prototype designed to assist state lawmakers and Notary program administrators in modernizing and strengthening the Notary Public office. Conceived as the Uniform Notary Act in 1973 in a special collaboration with Yale Law School, it was retitled as the Model Notary Act in progressively expanded and updated versions in 1984, 2002 and 2010. Over the years, the separate MNA drafting panels have included secretaries of state, law professors, digital technology experts, mortgage banking executives and government officials at every level.

For nearly four decades, legislators and Notary-regulating officials have borrowed extensively from all versions of the Model Notary Act in reforming state and territorial Notary laws. Several U.S. jurisdictions have adopted the MNA virtually in its entirety, while many others have enacted discrete sections and articles from the Act to update and improve their Notary laws.

The updated and expanded The Model Notary Act Of 2010 features provisions for both paper-based and electronic notarization.

Electronic versions of the Model Notary Act can be downloaded below. To request a printed version, please contact National Notary Association Public Affairs at publicaffairs@nationalnotary.org.

• The Model Notary Act Of 2010
• Model Notary Act Adoptions Map
• The Model Notary Act Of 2010 Drafting Committee

PREVIOUS VERSIONS

• The Model Notary Act Of 2002 Drafting Committee
• The Model Notary Act Of 1984
• The Uniform Notary Act of 1973