Authority: IC 33-42-16-2

Affected: IC 33-42-17-5

Sec. 1. (a) Identity proofing and credential analysis must be facilitated by an approved remote technology vendor.

(b) Identity proofing must be performed through dynamic knowledge based authentication or through another process or service approved by the secretary of state.

(c) Dynamic knowledge based authentication must, at a minimum:

1. (1) contain five (5) questions, drawn from public or private data sources;
2. (2) generate a minimum of five (5) possible answer choices per question;
3. (3) maintain a passing score of at least eighty percent (80%); and
4. (4) require that all five (5) questions answered within two (2) minutes.

(d) Credential analysis must, at a minimum:

1. (1) verify the identity of a principal or any credible witness;
2. (2) utilize appropriate technologies to confirm that the credential is not fraudulent or inappropriately modified; and
3. (3) enable the remote notary public to visually compare for consistency the information and photo presented on the credential itself and the principal as viewed by the remote notary public in real time through audio visual communication.

(e) If the principal exits the authentication workflow or the communication is materially interrupted, the principal must meet the criteria outlined in this section and restart the identity proofing and credential analysis.

(Secretary of State; 75 IAC 7-8-1; filed Mar 26, 2020, 1:09 p.m.: 20200401-IR-075190329FRA, eff Mar 31, 2020, see Executive Order 20-15, posted at 20200422-IR-GOV200234EOA)