House Study Bill 709

                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON
                                            PUBLIC SAFETY BILL BY
                                            CHAIRPERSON BAUDLER)


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                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to the performance of a notarial act by a chief
  2    officer when certifying a uniform citation and complaint under
  3    oath, and providing an effective date.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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PAG LIN

  1  1    Section 1.  Section 9E.6A, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code
  1  2 2003, is amended to read as follows:
  1  3    Each person performing a notarial act pursuant to section
  1  4 9E.10 must acquire and use a stamp or seal as provided in this
  1  5 chapter.  However, this section shall not apply to a notarial
  1  6 act performed by a judicial officer as defined in section
  1  7 602.1101, if the notarial act is performed in accordance with
  1  8 state or federal statutory authority, or is a certification by
  1  9 a chief officer or a chief officer's designee of a peace
  1 10 officer's verification of a uniform citation and complaint
  1 11 pursuant to section 805.6, subsection 5.
  1 12    Sec. 2.  EFFECTIVE DATE.  This Act, being deemed of
  1 13 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
  1 14                           EXPLANATION
  1 15    This bill creates an exception to the normal process of
  1 16 performing a notarial act with respect to a chief officer's
  1 17 certifying under oath of a verification of a uniform citation
  1 18 and complaint by a peace officer.  Under the bill, the chief
  1 19 officer of a law enforcement agency or the chief officer's
  1 20 designee is not required to use a stamp or seal when
  1 21 certifying the verification of a uniform citation and
  1 22 complaint by a peace officer.
  1 23    The bill takes effect upon enactment.
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