Arizona 2025 2025 Regular Session

Arizona House Bill HB2344 Comm Sub / Analysis

Filed 02/25/2025

                      	HB 2344 
Initials JH 	Page 1 	House Engrossed 
 
ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Fifty-seventh Legislature 
First Regular Session 
House: GOV DPA 4-3-0-0 
 
HB 2344: notaries; businesses; prohibition 
Sponsor: Representative Hendrix, LD 14 
House Engrossed 
Overview 
Specifies if a business does not provide the option to notarize documents at a physical location 
without charge, an individual can use the services of any notarial officer. 
History 
To be commissioned as a notary public in Arizona, an individual must meet certain minimum 
qualifications, such as being at least 18 years old, a United States citizen or permanent legal 
resident and have passed the required examination if required by the Secretary of State 
(A.R.S. § 41-269). 
Provisions 
1. States if a business does not provide the option to notarize documents at a physical 
location and without charge, then an individual can use the services of any notarial 
officer. (Sec. 1) 
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