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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Ok, remote is not ok. But, electronic just means the notary and signed meet and that person authenticates his signature to the notary<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 style='border-collapse:collapse'><tr style='height:53.5pt'><td width=115 valign=top style='width:86.0pt;padding:0in 5.75pt 0in 0in;height:53.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><img width=105 height=54 id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D3A586.7F44C390" alt=ibdr2></span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=450 valign=top style='width:337.75pt;padding:0in 5.75pt 0in 0in;height:53.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Gregory L. Ursich </span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>| Shareholder</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'>Skyline Tower, Suite 1500 | 10900 NE 4<sup>th</sup> Street | Bellevue, WA 98004<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:-4.15pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'>P: 425.450.4258 | F: 425.635.7720<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><a href="http://www.insleebest.com/uploads/vcards/gursich.vcf"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:blue'>vCard</span></a></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'> | </span><span style='color:black'><a href="http://www.insleebest.com/"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:blue'>website</span></a></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'> | </span><u><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:blue'><a href="mailto:gursich@insleebest.com"><span style='color:blue'>gursich@insleebest.com</span></a></span></u><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>This electronic mail transmission is privileged and confidential and is intended only for the review of the party to whom it is addressed. If you have received this transmission in error, please immediately return it to the sender. Unintended transmission shall not constitute waiver of the attorney-client or any other privilege.</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:windowtext'>From:</span></b><span style='color:windowtext'> wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com [mailto:wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Bickel, Dwight<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, February 14, 2018 10:13 AM<br><b>To:</b> WSBA Real Property Listserv <wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [WSBARP] Notary rulemaking update<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>I think there are many who are confusing “electronic” with “remote.” The comments about the notary being in other states, and about how electronic will increase the risk of forgery and reduce the notary’s ability to determine possible duress and incompetency, relate to <i>remote</i> notary, not electronic notary.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Electronic becomes authorized in July. That allows the notary to use an acknowledgment certificate that is done on the computer, not on paper. We already have authority for the document to be digital, for the signature to be digital and for the recording to be done electronically (without paper). However, nothing in the present statutory change allows the notary to be in a different place than the person who must personally appear before the notary to acknowledge signing that document.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Oh, we will go there with future legislation (planned next session), but not today.<o:p></o:p></span></p><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:windowtext'><hr size=1 width="100%" noshade style='color:black' align=center></span></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:windowtext'>NOTICE: The information contained in this message is proprietary and/or confidential and may be privileged. 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