A notarial officer in this state, while located in this state, may perform a notarial act executed on a tangible document by a person not in the physical presence of the notarial officer, but observed by the notarial officer through means of video communication technology, if the notarial officer:
(1) Has personal knowledge of the identity of a person through dealings sufficient to provide reasonable certainty that the person has the identity being claimed;(2) Affixes the notarial officer's signature to the original tangible document executed by the person;(3) Indicates in the notarial certificate the remote location of the person executing the document;(4) Indicates in the notarial certificate that the notarial act involved a statement made or a signature executed by a person not in the physical presence of the notarial officer, but appearing by means of video communication technology; and(5) Is able reasonably to confirm that the document before the notarial officer is the same document in which the person made the statement or on which the person executed a signature.SL 2019, ch 100, §2; SL 2021, ch 89, §2.Amended by S.L. 2021, ch. 89,s. 2, eff. 7/1/2021.Added by S.L. 2019, ch. 100,s. 2, eff. 7/1/2019.