Utah · Utah Code §§46-1-3.5, 46-1-3.6Utah remote notarization: the certification, the identity check and the recording

A Utah notary – or someone applying to be one – may apply to the lieutenant governor for a remote notary certification, agreeing to follow the chapter and the lieutenant governor's rules on remote notarization (Utah Code §46-1-3.5). A certified remote notary may perform a remote notarization if the notary is physically located in Utah (§46-1-3.6(1)). For a signer the notary doesn't personally know, the notary establishes satisfactory evidence of identity at the time of the notarization by communicating with the signer through a device or process that allows both to see and hear each other simultaneously and complies with the rules made under §46-1-3.7, and by requiring the signer to transmit an image of an identification document listed in the statute, clear enough to establish identity (§46-1-3.6(2)). The notary must create an electronic recording of each remote notarization and store it as the record-keeping sections require, and take reasonable steps to keep non-public data secure (§46-1-3.6(3)–(4)). A remote notarization lawfully performed under the chapter satisfies any Utah law requiring a person to personally appear before, or be in the presence of, a notary (§46-1-3.6(5)).