South Carolina passed a bill enacting the Electronic Notary Public Act and establishing notarial certificate requirements for the performance of electronic notarizations. An electric notarization is a notarial act performed using a set of applications, programs, hardware, software, or technologies designed to enable an electronic notary public to perform electronic notarizations. The bill went into effect May 18, 2021.
See South Carolina State Legislature website for the full text of the Statute: https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=sb631
Click here to view the full bill: https://www.tenaco.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/SC-SB-631-05-19-21.pdf
