- 1. The secretary may revoke a notary commission for any ground on which an application for a commission may be denied pursuant to subsection 4* of section 486.605.
2. The secretary shall revoke the commission of any notary who fails:
- (1) To maintain a residence or a regular place of work or business in this state; and
- (2) To maintain status as a legal resident of the United States.
- 3. Prior to revocation of a notary commission, the secretary shall inform the notary of the basis for the revocation and that the revocation takes effect on a particular date unless a proper appeal is filed with the secretary before that date.
- 4. Resignation or expiration of a notary commission does not terminate or preclude an investigation into the notary's conduct by the secretary, who may pursue the investigation to a conclusion, whereupon it shall be made a matter of public record regardless of whether the finding would have been grounds for revocation.
- 5. The secretary shall promulgate rules providing for appeals from revocations, subject to the limitations in section 486.830.
- 6. This section shall also apply to electronic notaries performing electronic notarial acts and remote online notaries performing remote online notarial acts.
(L. 2020 H.B. 1655)
*Subsection "3" appears in original rolls.