Bill Text: CA AB2282 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

California Assembly Bill 2282 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Electronic transactions: notarized signatures.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-04-06 - In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author. [AB2282 Detail]

Download: California-2009-AB2282-Introduced.html

BILL NUMBER: AB 2282	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Miller

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2010

   An act to amend Section 1633.11 of the Civil Code, relating to
electronic transactions.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2282, as introduced, Miller. Electronic transactions: notarized
signatures.
   Existing law provides that an electronic signature may be
notarized if the electronic record includes, in addition to the
electronic signature to be notarized, the electronic signature of a
notary public together with all other information ordinarily required
to be included in a notarization.
   This bill would define "electronic signature" for purposes of
these provisions.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 1633.11 of the Civil Code is amended to read:
   1633.11.  (a) If a law requires that a signature be notarized, the
requirement is satisfied with respect to an electronic signature if
an electronic record includes, in addition to the electronic
signature to be notarized, the electronic signature of a notary
public together with all other information required to be included in
a notarization by other applicable law.
   (b) In a transaction, if a law requires that a statement be signed
under penalty of perjury, the requirement is satisfied with respect
to an electronic signature, if an electronic record includes, in
addition to the electronic signature, all of the information as to
which the declaration pertains together with a declaration under
penalty of perjury by the person who submits the electronic signature
that the information is true and correct. 
   (c) For purposes of this section, "electronic signature" means an
electronic sound, symbol, or process attached to or logically
associated with a record, and executed or adopted by a person with
the intent to sign that record.