1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to notaries; authorizing use of video appearance for real estate document 
1.3 	notarization during public health emergency.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. REAL ESTATE DOCUMENT NOTARIZATION; APPEARANCE BY 
1.6 	VIDEO AUTHORIZED DURING PEACETIME PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY.
 1.7 	During and for 60 days after the expiration of a peacetime public health emergency, 
1.8 	with respect to documents recorded pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, chapters 507, 508, and 
1.9 	508A, the requirement to appear personally under Minnesota Statutes, section 358.56, is 
1.10 	deemed met when individuals, whether acting on behalf of themselves or in a representative 
1.11 	capacity, not in the same location communicate via video conference in real time. For 
1.12 	purposes of this section, "peacetime public health emergency" means any peacetime 
1.13 	emergency declared by the governor in an executive order that relates to the infectious 
1.14 	disease known as COVID-19.

1.15 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment and 
1.16 	expires January 6, 2021.