Oklahoma Administrative Code
Title 655 - Secretary of State
Chapter 25 - Notary Public
Subchapter 11 - Remote Online Notarization
Section 655:25-11-4 - Electronic signatures and electronic seals
Current through Vol. 42, No. 1, September 16, 2024
(a) Tamper-evident technology. A notary public must select one or more tamper-evident technologies to perform remote online notarizations. A person may not require a notary public to use a technology that the notary public has not selected. The tamper-evident technology must consist of a digital certificate complying with the X.509 standard adopted by the International Telecommunication Union on October 14, 2016, or a similar industry-standard technology. A notary public must attach or logically associate the notary public's electronic signature and electronic seal to an electronic record that is the subject of a notarial act by use of the digital certificate. A notary public may not perform a remote online notarization if the digital certificate:
(b) Electronic seal. A notary public must use the same unique electronic seal for all remote online notarizations. When affixed to an electronic record, an electronic seal must be clear, legible and photographically reproducible. An electronic seal is not required to be within a minimum or maximum size when photographically reproduced on an electronic record. An electronic seal used for remote online notarizations must substantially conform to the following design: a rectangular or circular seal with the notary public's name exactly as indicated on the notary's commission, the words "State of Oklahoma" and "Notary Public", the notary public's commission number, and the date of expiration of the notary public's commission [49 O.S., § 202(5)].
(c) Security of electronic signature and electronic seal. A notary public's electronic seal must remain within the exclusive control of the notary public, including control by means of use of a password or other secure method of authentication. A notary public may not allow any other individual to use his or her electronic seal to perform a notarial act. A notary public shall not disclose any access information used to affix the notary public's electronic signature or electronic seal to electronic records, except:
(d) Termination of commission. Upon resignation, revocation or expiration of the notary's commission, the notary public's electronic seal (including any coding, disk, digital certificate, card, software, or password that enables the notary public to attach or logically associate the electronic seal to an electronic record) must be destroyed or disabled to prohibit its use by any other person.
(e) Notifications upon theft, vandalism or misuse. A notary public shall immediately notify an appropriate law enforcement agency and the Secretary of State on actual knowledge of the theft or vandalism of the notary public's electronic signature, electronic seal or digital certificate. A notary public shall immediately notify the an appropriate law enforcement agency and Secretary of State on actual knowledge of the unauthorized use by another person of the notary public's electronic signature, electronic seal or digital certificate provider identified in Section 655:25-11-3.