- A. "Credential Analysis" means a method to verify a principal's identity, as described in 46-1-2(19) and R623-100-4, utilized by a remote notary public.
- B. "Identity proofing" means a process or a service operating according to this rule through which a third person or party affirms the identity of a principal through a review of the principal's personal information.
- C. "Knowledge-Based Authentication" is an identity assessment that is based on a set of questions formulated from public or private data sources.
- D. "Multi-Factor Authentication" means a method of access control in which a principal is granted access after successfully presenting personal identity evidence using at least two or more of the following mechanisms: knowledge-based authentication; credential analysis; or biometric data.
- E. "Principal" means a person whose electronic signature is notarized in a remote notarization.
- F. "Record" means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form.
- G. "Remote Notarial Act" means the recorded process of completing a remote notarization between the principal and remote notary public described in Section 46-1-6.
- H. "Remote Notarial Certificate" means the portion of a remotely notarized electronic document that is completed by a remote notary public and that bears the notary public's electronic signature, electronic seal and certification language as provided by Section 46-1-6.5.
- I. "Remote notarization solution" means a set of applications, programs, hardware, software or technology designed to enable the performance of a remote notarial act.
- J. "Solution Provider" means a third-party vendor, approved by the lieutenant governor, providing a software solution enabling a Utah remote notary public to perform the duties of, or complete, a remote notarial act.
- K. "Tamper-Evident" means a technology-based process that indicates whether a change has been made to an electronic document since the technology was applied.
KEY: remote notarization
Date of Last Change: November 8, 2019
Notice of Continuation: October 30, 2024
Authorizing, and Implemented or Interpreted Law: 46-1-3.7