Illinois 94th Regular Session Status: Enacted

SB 304 — NOTARY PUBLIC-REAL ESTATE

Last action — Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-1029

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    Introduced
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    In Committee
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    Passed Senate
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    Passed House
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 15, 2005. Enacted.

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Likely to advance 70% · moderate confidence

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  • 1 sponsor

    0 primary, 1 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 3 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

Amends the Illinois Notary Public Act. Requires a notary public applicant to provide a $25,000 surety bond (now, a $5,000 surety bond). Requires a notary public to keep a journal of notarial acts and specifies the required contents of the journal. With respect to satisfactory evidence that a person unknown to the notary is the person whose true signature appears on a document, requires (i) one witness known to the notary who knows the document signer and who is unaffected by the document or transaction or (ii) 2 witnesses who know the document signer and are unaffected by the document or transaction. Makes official misconduct involving notarial acts with respect to real estate documents a Class 1 felony. Makes willful impersonation of a notary public a Class 1 felony (now, a Class A misdemeanor). Makes unlawful possession of a notary's seal a Class 1 felony (now, a misdemeanor with a fine not exceeding $1,000).

Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

175 added · 109 removed

Plain-language change summary

In the latest version of Bill SB 304, a new section was added creating a pilot program for a predatory lending database. This update aims to help protect borrowers by monitoring and addressing harmful lending practices. The previous provisions regarding notary public regulations were removed, which suggests a shift in focus towards improving consumer protections in real estate transactions. This change is significant because it indicates a legislative priority on preventing predatory lending in the mortgage industry.

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SB0304 Engrossed LRB094 06877 JAM 36984 b AN ACT concerning government.
SB0304 Enrolled LRB094 06877 JAM 36984 b AN ACT concerning government.
The Illinois Notary Public Act is amended by changing Sections 2-105, 3-101, and 6-102 as follows:
The Residential Real Property Disclosure Act is amended by changing Section 70 as follows:
(5 ILCS 312/2-105) (from Ch.
(765 ILCS 77/70) Sec.
102, par.
70.
202-105) Sec.
Predatory lending database pilot program.
2-105.
(a) As used in this Article:
Bond.
"Borrower" means a person seeking a mortgage loan.
Every application for appointment and commission as a notary public shall be accompanied by an executed bond commencing on the date of the appointment with a term of 4 years, in the sum of $25,000 $5,000, with, as surety thereon, a company qualified to write surety bonds in this State.
"Broker" means a "broker" or "loan broker", as defined in subsection (p) of Section 1-4 of the Residential Mortgage License Act of 1987.
The bond shall be conditioned upon the faithful performance of all notarial acts in accordance with this Act.
"Closing agent" means an individual assigned by a title insurance company or a broker or originator to ensure that the execution of documents related to the closing of a real estate sale or the refinancing of a real estate loan and the disbursement of closing funds are in conformity with the instructions of the entity financing the transaction.
The Secretary of State may prescribe an official bond form.
"Department" means the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation.
"Exempt person" means that term as it is defined in subsections (d)(1) and (d)(1.5) of Section 1-4 of the Residential Mortgage License Act of 1987.
"Lender" means that term as it is defined in subsection (g) of Section 1-4 of the Residential Mortgage License Act.
"Licensee" means that term as it is defined in subsection (e) of Section 1-4 of the Residential Mortgage License Act of 1987.
"Mortgage loan" means that term as it is defined in subsection (f) of Section 1-4 of the Residential Mortgage License Act of 1987.
"Originator" means a "loan originator" as defined in SB0304 Enrolled - 2 - LRB094 06877 JAM 36984 b subsection (hh) of Section 1-4 of the Residential Mortgage License Act of 1987, except an exempt person.
"Pilot program area" means all areas within Cook County designated as such by the Department due to the high rate of foreclosure on residential home mortgages that is primarily the result of predatory lending practices.
The Department shall designate the pilot program area within 30 days after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly.
"Title insurance company" means any domestic company organized under the laws of this State for the purpose of conducting the business of guaranteeing or insuring titles to real estate and any title insurance company organized under the laws of another State, the District of Columbia, or a foreign government and authorized to transact the business of guaranteeing or insuring titles to real estate in this State.
(a-5) Inception date.
The Secretary of Financial and Professional Regulation shall declare in writing the date of inception of the pilot program.
The inception date shall be no later than September 1, 2006, and shall be at least 30 days after the date the Secretary issues a declaration establishing that date.
The Secretary’s declaration shall be posted on the Department’s website, and the Department shall communicate the declaration to affected licensees of the Department.
Until the inception date, none of the duties, obligations, contingencies, or consequences of or from the pilot program shall be imposed.
The pilot program shall apply to all mortgage applications that are governed by this Article and that are made or taken on or after the inception of the pilot program.
(b) A predatory lending database pilot program is established within the pilot program area, effective upon the inception date established by the Secretary of the Department.
The pilot program shall be in effect and operational continue for a total of 4 years after its creation and shall be administered in accordance with Article 3 of this Act.
The database created under this program shall be maintained and SB0304 Enrolled - 3 - LRB094 06877 JAM 36984 b administered by the Department.
The database shall be designed to allow brokers, originators, credit counselors, title insurance companies, and closing agents to submit information to the database online.
The database shall not be designed to allow those entities to retrieve information from the database, except as otherwise provided in this Article.
Information submitted by the broker or originator to the Department may be used to populate the online form submitted by a credit counselor, title insurance company, or closing agent.
(c) Within 10 days after taking a mortgage application, the broker or originator for any mortgage on residential property within the pilot program area must submit to the predatory lending database all of the information required under Section 72 and any other information required by the Department by rule.
Within 7 days after receipt of the information, the Department shall compare that information to credit counseling standards developed by the Department by rule and issue to the borrower and the broker or originator a determination of whether credit counseling is recommended for the borrower.
The borrower may not waive credit counseling.
If at any time after submitting the information required under Section 72 the broker or originator (i) changes the terms of the loan or (ii) issues a new commitment to the borrower, then, within 5 days thereafter, the broker or originator shall re-submit all of the information required under Section 72 and, within 4 days after receipt of the information re-submitted by the broker or originator, the Department shall compare that information to credit counseling standards developed by the Department by rule and shall issue to the borrower and the broker or originator a new determination of whether credit counseling is recommended for the borrower based on the information re-submitted by the broker or originator.
(d) If the Department recommends credit counseling for the borrower under subsection (c), then the Department shall notify the borrower of all HUD-certified counseling agencies located within the State and direct the borrower to interview with a SB0304 Enrolled - 4 - LRB094 06877 JAM 36984 b counselor associated with one of those agencies.
Within 10 days after receipt of the notice of HUD-certified counseling agencies, the borrower shall select one of those agencies and shall engage in an interview with a counselor associated with that agency.
Within 7 days after interviewing the borrower, the credit counselor must submit to the predatory lending database all of the information required under Section 74 and any other information required by the Department by rule.
Any costs associated with credit counseling provided under the pilot program shall be paid by the broker or originator.
A credit counselor who in good faith provides counseling services shall not be liable to a broker or originator for civil damages, except for willful or wanton misconduct on the part of the counselor in providing the counseling services.
(e) The broker or originator and the borrower may not take any legally binding action concerning the loan transaction until the later of the following:
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(1) the Department issues a determination not to recommend credit counseling for the borrower in accordance with subsection (c);
or (2) the Department issues a determination that credit counseling is recommended for the borrower and the credit counselor submits all required information to the database in accordance with subsection (d).
(f) Within 10 days after closing, the title insurance company or closing agent must submit to the predatory lending database all of the information required under Section 76 and any other information required by the Department by rule.
(g) The Upon recording the mortgage, the title insurance company or closing agent shall attach to the mortgage must simultaneously file with the recorder a certificate of its compliance with the requirements of this Article, as generated by the database.
If the title insurance company or closing agent fails to attach file the certificate of compliance, then the mortgage is not recordable.
In addition, if any lis pendens for a residential mortgage foreclosure is recorded on the SB0304 Enrolled - 5 - LRB094 06877 JAM 36984 b property within the pilot program area, a certificate of service must be simultaneously recorded that affirms that a copy of the lis pendens was filed with the Department.
If the certificate of service is not recorded, then the lis pendens pertaining to the residential mortgage foreclosure in question is not recordable and is of no force and effect.
(h) All information provided to the predatory lending database under the program is confidential and is not subject to disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act, except as otherwise provided in this Article.
Any borrower may authorize in writing the release of database information.
The Department may use the information in the database without the consent of the borrower:
(i) for the purposes of administering and enforcing the pilot program;
(ii) to provide relevant information to a credit counselor providing credit counseling to a borrower under the pilot program;
or (iii) to the appropriate law enforcement agency or the applicable administrative agency if the database information demonstrates criminal, fraudulent, or otherwise illegal activity.
(i) Nothing in this Article is intended to prevent a borrower from making his or her own decision as to whether to proceed with a transaction.
(j) Any person who violates any provision of this Article commits an unlawful practice within the meaning of the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act.
(k) Not later than one year after the Department designates the pilot program area and annually thereafter during the existence of the pilot program, the Department shall report to the Governor and to the General Assembly concerning its administration and the effectiveness of the pilot program.
84-322.) (5 ILCS 312/3-101) (from Ch.
94-280, eff.
102, par.
1-1-06.) Section 99.
203-101) Sec.
3-101.
Official Seal and Journal.
(a) Each notary public shall, upon receiving the commission from the county clerk, obtain an official rubber stamp seal with which the notary shall authenticate his official acts.
The rubber stamp seal shall contain the following information:
(1) (a) the words "Official Seal";
(2) (b) the notary’s official name;
(3) (c) the words "Notary Public", "State of Illinois", and "My commission expires____________(commission expiration date)";
and (4) (d) a serrated or milled edge border in a rectangular form not more than one inch in height by two and one-half inches in length surrounding the information.
(b) Each notary public shall procure, keep, maintain, protect, and provide for lawful inspection a chronological SB0304 Engrossed - 2 - LRB094 06877 JAM 36984 b official journal of notarial acts, involving a document of conveyance or encumbrance affecting real property, that is a permanently bound book with numbered pages.
The journal shall be kept by the notary public for at least 5 years after the date of its last entry.
A notary public who is either an attorney at law admitted to practice in this State or an employee of such an attorney, however, may instead of a journal of notarial acts maintain a record of notarial acts in the form of office files regularly maintained for the attorney’s law practice.
For every notarial act involving a document of conveyance or encumbrance affecting real property, the notary public shall record at the time of notarization:
(1) the date, time, and type of notarial act;
(2) the date and the type, title, or description of the document or proceeding;
(3) the signature, printed name, and address of the signer;
(4) the right thumbprint of the party signing the document, placed in the journal by that party.
If the right thumbprint is unavailable, then the notary shall have the party use his or her left thumb or any available finger and shall so indicate in the journal.
If the party signing the document is physically unable to provide a thumbprint or fingerprint, the notary shall so indicate in the journal and shall also provide an explanation of that physical condition.
This paragraph (4) shall not apply to a sheriff’s deed or other judicial deed;
(5) how identification of the signer was made and a description of the particular form of satisfactory evidence;
and (6) the fee, if any, charged for the notarial act.
(Source:
P.A.
84-322.) (5 ILCS 312/6-102) (from Ch.
102, par.
206-102) Sec.
6-102.
Notarial Acts.
SB0304 Engrossed - 3 - LRB094 06877 JAM 36984 b (a) In taking an acknowledgment, the notary public must determine, either from personal knowledge or from satisfactory evidence, that the person appearing before the notary and making the acknowledgment is the person whose true signature is on the instrument.
(b) In taking a verification upon oath or affirmation, the notary public must determine, either from personal knowledge or from satisfactory evidence, that the person appearing before the notary and making the verification is the person whose true signature is on the statement verified.
(c) In witnessing or attesting a signature, the notary public must determine, either from personal knowledge or from satisfactory evidence, that the signature is that of the person appearing before the notary and named therein.
(d) A notary public has satisfactory evidence that a person is the person whose true signature is on a document if that person:
(1) is personally known to the notary;
(2) is identified upon the oath or affirmation of a credible witness unaffected by the document or transaction who is personally known to the notary and who personally knows the person, or of 2 credible witnesses unaffected by the document or transaction who each personally knows the person and shows to the notary reliable identification documents;
or (3) is identified on the basis of reliable identification documents.
(e) The following definitions apply to subsection (d):
(1) "Personally known" means familiarity with an individual resulting from interactions with that individual over a period of time sufficient to ensure beyond a reasonable doubt that the individual has the identity claimed.
(2) "Reliable identification documents" means at least one current document issued by a federal or state government agency bearing the photographic image of the individual’s face and signature and a physical description SB0304 Engrossed - 4 - LRB094 06877 JAM 36984 b of the individual;
provided that a properly stamped passport without a physical description is acceptable.
(Source:
P.A.
84-322.) Section 99.
This Act takes effect July 1, 2006.
This Act takes effect upon becoming law.
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Action History

  1. Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-1029

  2. Effective Date July 14, 2006

  3. Governor Approved

  4. Sent to the Governor

  5. Passed Both Houses

  6. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Senate Concurs 058-000-000

  7. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion To Concur Recommended Do Adopt Financial Institutions; 007-000-000

  8. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Rules Referred to Financial Institutions

  9. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules

  10. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. Martin A. Sandoval

  11. Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 01-May 3, 2006

  12. Secretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment(s) 01

  13. Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 111-000-000

  14. Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 5, 2006

  15. Fiscal Note Filed As Amended by HA 1

  16. Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate

  17. Second Reading - Short Debate

  18. Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate

  19. Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate State Government Administration Committee; 009-000-000

  20. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in State Government Administration Committee; by Voice Vote

  21. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by State Government Administration Committee

  22. Motion to Suspend Rule 25 - Prevailed

  23. Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie

  24. Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Michael J. Madigan

  25. Assigned to State Government Administration Committee

  26. Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) April 30, 2006

  27. Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins

  28. Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee

  29. Assigned to Executive Committee

  30. Referred to Rules Committee

  31. First Reading

  32. Chief House Sponsor Rep. James D. Brosnahan

  33. Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading

  34. Arrived in House

  35. Third Reading - Passed; 044-008-000

  36. Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading

  37. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Sandoval

  38. Recalled to Second Reading

  39. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Judiciary; 010-000-000

  40. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Postponed - Judiciary

  41. Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 7, 2005

  42. Second Reading

  43. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Judiciary

  44. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules

  45. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Martin A. Sandoval

  46. Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 10, 2005

  47. Do Pass Judiciary; 009-000-000

  48. Postponed - Judiciary

  49. Postponed - Judiciary

  50. Assigned to Judiciary

  51. Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. John J. Cullerton

  52. Referred to Rules

  53. First Reading

  54. Filed with Secretary by Sen. Martin A. Sandoval

Sponsors

  • Martin A. Sandoval · Cosponsor

Sponsorship breakdown

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0 sponsors · 1 co-sponsors · 182 not signed on

Sponsors (0)

None.

Co-sponsors (1)

  • Martin A. Sandoval

Not signed on (182)

182 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

Concurrence

Passed 58 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 52001
Democrat 5000
Republican 1000
Total 58001
% of votes cast 98%0%0%2%
How each member voted (59)
Member Party Vote
Sandoval — Yea
Shadid — Yea
Sieben — Yea
Silverstein — Yea
Luechtefeld — Yea
Maloney — Yea
Althoff — Yea
Martinez — Yea
Axley — Yea
Bomke — Yea
Burzynski — Yea
Cronin — Yea
Forby — Yea
Haine — Yea
Halvorson — Yea
Meeks — Yea
Millner — Yea
Pankau — Yea
Radogno — Yea
Schoenberg — Yea
Trotter — Yea
Brady — Yea
Munoz — Yea
Sullivan — Yea
Petka — Yea
Jacobs — Yea
Clayborne — Yea
Crotty — Yea
Garrett — Yea
Geo-Karis — Yea
Hendon — Yea
Jones, J. — Yea
Cullerton — Yea
Watson — Yea
Jones, W. — Yea
Lauzen — Yea
Demuzio — Yea
Link — Yea
Viverito — Yea
Wilhelmi — Yea
Winkel — Yea
Dahl — Yea
DeLeo — Yea
Dillard — Yea
Peterson — Not Voting
Raoul — Yea
Rauschenberger — Yea
Righter — Yea
Risinger — Yea
Ronen — Yea
Roskam — Yea
Rutherford — Yea
del Valle — Yea
Don Harmon Democrat Yea
Emil Jones, III Democrat Yea
Kimberly A. Lightford Democrat Yea
Lakesia Collins Democrat Yea
Mattie Hunter Democrat Yea
Dave Syverson Republican Yea

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Third Reading

Passed 111 Yea · 0 Nay · 7 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 99007
Democrat 9000
Republican 3000
Total 111007
% of votes cast 94%0%0%6%
How each member voted (118)
Member Party Vote
Saviano — Yea
Schmitz — Yea
Schock — Yea
Scully — Yea
Sommer — Yea
Soto — Yea
Krause — Yea
Acevedo — Yea
Bassi — Yea
Mathias — Not Voting
Beaubien — Yea
Beiser — Yea
Bellock — Yea
Berrios — Yea
Mautino — Yea
Biggins — Yea
Black — Yea
Boland — Yea
May — Yea
Bost — Yea
Brauer — Yea
Brosnahan — Yea
Meyer — Yea
Coulson — Not Voting
Mulligan — Yea
Eddy — Yea
Franks — Yea
Golar — Yea
Granberg — Yea
Nekritz — Yea
Jakobsson — Yea
Jefferson — Yea
Kosel — Yea
Davis, Monique — Yea
Jones — Not Voting
Madigan — Yea
Patterson — Not Voting
Pihos — Yea
Churchill — Not Voting
Giles — Not Voting
Jenisch — Not Voting
Lang — Yea
Leitch — Yea
Lindner — Yea
Poe — Yea
Reitz — Yea
Lyons — Yea
Dugan — Yea
Dunkin — Yea
Dunn — Yea
Durkin — Yea
Flider — Yea
McAuliffe — Yea
McCarthy — Yea
McKeon — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Moffitt — Yea
Molaro — Yea
McGuire — Yea
Munson — Yea
Bradley, John — Yea
Bradley, Richard — Yea
Myers — Yea
Brady — Yea
Osmond — Yea
Phelps — Yea
Sacia — Yea
Mitchell, Bill — Yea
Tenhouse — Yea
Burke — Yea
Mitchell, Jerry — Yea
Tryon — Yea
Turner — Yea
Sullivan — Yea
Hannig — Yea
Verschoore — Yea
Wait — Yea
Washington — Yea
Winters — Yea
Yarbrough — Yea
Howard — Yea
Younge — Yea
Watson — Yea
Chavez — Yea
Colvin — Yea
Cross — Yea
Cultra — Yea
Currie — Yea
D'Amico — Yea
Daniels — Yea
Flowers — Yea
Fritchey — Yea
Froehlich — Yea
Gordon — Yea
Graham — Yea
Hamos — Yea
Hassert — Yea
Holbrook — Yea
Hultgren — Yea
Osterman — Yea
Parke — Yea
Pritchard — Yea
Ramey — Yea
Reis — Yea
Ryg — Yea
Chapa LaVia — Yea
Eva-Dina Delgado Democrat Yea
Jay Hoffman Democrat Yea
Lakesia Collins Democrat Yea
Michael J. Kelly Democrat Yea
Nicholas K. Smith Democrat Yea
Patrick J. Joyce Democrat Yea
Robert "Bob" Rita Democrat Yea
Sara Feigenholtz Democrat Yea
William "Will" Davis Democrat Yea
Brad Stephens Republican Yea
Chapin Rose Republican Yea
Chris Miller Republican Yea

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Third Reading

Passed 44 Yea · 8 Nay · 7 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 38807
Democrat 5000
Republican 1000
Total 44807
% of votes cast 75%14%0%12%
How each member voted (59)
Member Party Vote
Sandoval — Yea
Sieben — Yea
Silverstein — Yea
Lauzen — Nay
Link — Yea
Maloney — Not Voting
Althoff — Yea
Martinez — Yea
Bomke — Yea
Burzynski — Yea
Cronin — Yea
Dillard — Yea
Haine — Yea
Halvorson — Yea
Luechtefeld — Yea
Meeks — Yea
Pankau — Yea
Peterson — Yea
Munoz — Yea
Brady — Yea
Schoenberg — Yea
Shadid — Yea
Sullivan, D. — Yea
Trotter — Yea
Wilhelmi — Yea
Jacobs — Yea
Winkel — Yea
Jones, J. — Yea
Cullerton — Yea
Demuzio — Yea
Clayborne — Yea
Crotty — Yea
DeLeo — Yea
Garrett — Yea
Hendon — Yea
Jones, W. — Nay
Sullivan, J. — Not Voting
Petka — Not Voting
Watson — Not Voting
Viverito — Not Voting
Wojcik — Nay
Dahl — Nay
Forby — Yea
Geo-Karis — Nay
Radogno — Nay
Raoul — Yea
Rauschenberger — Not Voting
Righter — Yea
Risinger — Nay
Ronen — Yea
Roskam — Not Voting
Rutherford — Nay
del Valle — Yea
Don Harmon Democrat Yea
Emil Jones, III Democrat Yea
Kimberly A. Lightford Democrat Yea
Lakesia Collins Democrat Yea
Mattie Hunter Democrat Yea
Dave Syverson Republican Yea

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 304 do?
Amends the Illinois Notary Public Act. Requires a notary public applicant to provide a $25,000 surety bond (now, a $5,000 surety bond). Requires a notary public to keep a journal of notarial acts and specifies the required contents of the journal. With respect to satisfactory evidence that a person unknown to the notary is the person whose true signature appears on a document, requires (i) one witness known to the notary who knows the document signer and who is unaffected by the document or transaction or (ii) 2 witnesses who know the document signer and are unaffected by the document or transaction. Makes official misconduct involving notarial acts with respect to real estate documents a Class 1 felony. Makes willful impersonation of a notary public a Class 1 felony (now, a Class A misdemeanor). Makes unlawful possession of a notary's seal a Class 1 felony (now, a misdemeanor with a fine not exceeding $1,000).
Who sponsors SB 304?
SB 304 is sponsored by Martin A. Sandoval.
What is the current status of SB 304?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 15, 2005. Enacted.
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