2418 FORMAT OF JOURNALS OF NOTARIAL ACTS

2418.1 A tangible notarial journal shall:

(a) Be a permanent, bound book with numbered pages; and

(b) Have the capacity to record for each notarial act:

(1) The information required by Section 19 of the Act (D.C. Official Code § 1-1231.18(c)(1)-(7));

(2) A description of the notary public's method of identifying the individual for whom the notarial act is performed; and

(3) The individual's signature, or the signature of an authorized party in compliance with Section 9 of the Act (D.C. Official Code § 1-1231.08).

2418.2 If a notary public subject to Section 19 of the Act (D.C. Official Code § 1-1231.18) keeps an electronic journal pursuant to that provision, the electronic journal shall:

(a) Be capable of recording the same information required for a tangible notarial journal;

(b) Enable access by a password or other secure means of authentication;

(c) Be capable of creating a duplicate record of the journal as a backup; and

(d) Be capable of providing tangible or electronic copies of any entry made in the journal.

SOURCE: §§ 24.1, 24.2, and 24.3 of Regulation No. 73-13, approved May 24, 1973, as published at 19 DCR 1147 (June 11, 1973); as amended at 25 DCRR §§ 24.1, 24.2, and 24.3; as amended by the New Columbia Statehood Initiative and Omnibus Boards and Commissions Reform Amendment Act of 2014, effective May 2, 2015 (D.C. Law 20-271; 62 DCR 1884 (February 13, 2015)); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 69 DCR 012856 (October 21, 2022).