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<section article="gsg" article_name="State Government" number="18-206" title_number="18" title_name="Notarial Acts" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Revised Uniform Law on Notarial Acts">
  <level label="a">
    <text>A notarial officer has personal knowledge of the identity of an individual personally appearing before the notarial officer if the individual is personally known to the notarial officer through dealings sufficient to provide reasonable certainty that the individual has the identity claimed.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A notarial officer has satisfactory evidence of the identity of an individual personally appearing before the notarial officer if the notarial officer can identify the individual:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>by means of:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>a passport, driver’s license, consular identification, or government–issued nondriver identification card; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>another form of government identification issued to the individual that:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>contains the signature and photograph of the individual; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>is satisfactory to the notarial officer; or</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>by a verification on oath or affirmation of a credible witness who is:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>personally appearing before the notarial officer; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>known to the notarial officer or whom the notarial officer can identify on the basis of a passport, driver’s license, consular identification, or government–issued nondriver identification card.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A notarial officer may require an individual to provide additional information or identification credentials necessary to assure the notarial officer of the identity of the individual.</text>
  </level>
</section>
