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S. 1561 119th Congress Senate

SECURE Notarization Act of 2025

Official title: A bill to authorize notaries public to perform, and to establish minimum standards for, electronic notarizations and remote notarizations that occur in or affe… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to authorize notaries public to perform, and to establish minimum standards for, electronic notarizations and remote notarizations that occur in or affect interstate commerce, to require any Federal court to recognize notarizations performed by a notarial officer of any State, to require any State to recognize notarizations performed by a notarial officer of any other State when the notarization was performed under or relates to a public Act, record, or judicial proceeding of the notarial officer's State or when the notarization occurs in or affects interstate commerce, and for other purposes.

Introduced: May 1, 2025 Introduced by: Kevin Cramer Republican · North Dakota See on congress.gov
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May 1, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
May 1, 2025
Introduced in Senate
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Securing and Enabling Commerce Using Remote and Electronic Notarization Act of 2025 or the SECURE Notarization Act of 2025 

This bill allows a notary public commissioned under state law to remotely notarize electronic records and perform notarizations for remotely located individuals. The bill provides technical requirements for the notarizations, including the creation and retention of video and audio recordings and the use of communication technologies (i.e., video chat).

Additionally, the bill requires U.S. courts and states to recognize notarizations—including remote notarizations of electronic records and notarizations of remotely-located individuals—that occur in or affect interstate commerce and are performed by a notary public commissioned under the laws of other states.

The bill also allows a notary public to remotely notarize electronic records involving an individual located outside of the United States, subject to certain requirements.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 1777 Identical bill SECURE Notarization Act of 2025
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 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 3 Republican 1
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Hoeven, John
North Dakota · May 12, 2025
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Coons, Christopher A.
Delaware · May 8, 2025
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Warnock, Raphael G.
Georgia · May 8, 2025
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Warner, Mark R.
Virginia · May 1, 2025
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1561: SECURE Notarization Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-1561/
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"S. 1561: SECURE Notarization Act of 2025." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-1561/.
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S. 1561, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-1561/.
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