Current with changes from the 2024 Legislative Session
Section 486.745 - Paper notarial certificates, requirements - correction or errors or omissions, when1. A paper notarial certificate that is attached to a document during the notarization of the signature of a principal shall:(1) Be attached by staple or other method that leaves evidence of any subsequent detachment;(2) Be attached, signed, and sealed only by the notary and only at the time of notarization and in the presence of the principal;(3) Be attached immediately following the signature page if the certificate is the same size as that page, or to the front of the signature page if the certificate is smaller; and(4) Contain all of the elements described in section 486.740 on the same sheet of paper.2. A notary may correct an error or omission made by that notary in a notarial certificate if: (1) The original certificate and document are returned to the notary;(2) The notary verifies the error by reference to the pertinent journal entry, the document itself, or to other determinative written evidence;(3) The notary legibly corrects the certificate and initials and dates the correction in ink, or replaces the original certificate with a correct certificate; and(4) The notary appends to the pertinent journal entry a notation regarding the nature and date of the correction.Added by 2020 Mo. Laws, HB 1655,s A, eff. 8/28/2020.