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1    AN ACT concerning government.

 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 
3represented in the General Assembly: 



 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Notary Public Act is amended  by 
5changing Section 6-102 as follows:
 


6    (5 ILCS 312/6-102)  (from Ch. 102, par. 206-102)



7    Sec. 6-102. Notarial Acts. 
8    (a) In taking an acknowledgment, the notary public must 
9determine,
either from personal knowledge or from satisfactory 
10evidence, that the
person appearing before the notary and 
11making the acknowledgment is the
person whose true signature is 
12on the instrument.

13    (b) In taking a verification upon oath or affirmation, the 
14notary
public must determine, either from personal knowledge or 
15from satisfactory
evidence, that the person appearing before 
16the notary and making the
verification is the person whose true 
17signature is on the statement verified.

18    (c) In witnessing or attesting a signature, the notary 
19public must
determine, either from personal knowledge or from 
20satisfactory evidence,
that the signature is that of the person 
21appearing before the notary and named therein.

22    (d) A notary public has satisfactory evidence that a person 
23is the
person whose true signature is on a document if that 
 
 
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1person:

2        (1) is personally known to the notary;

3        (2) is identified upon the oath or affirmation of a 
4    credible witness
personally known to the notary; or

5        (3) is identified on the basis of identification 
6    documents. Until July 1, 2013, identification documents 
7    are documents that are valid at the time of the notarial 
8    act, issued by a state agency, or federal government 
9    agency, or consulate, and bearing the photographic image of 
10    the individual's face and signature of the individual.


11(Source: P.A. 95-988, eff. 6-1-09.)