Authority to perform notarial acts

3 V.I.C. § 813 — under Notaries Public.

3 V.I.C. § 813

(a) A notarial officer may perform a notarial act authorized by this subchapter or by other law.

(b) A notarial officer may not perform a notarial act with respect to a record to which the officer or the officer’s spouse, or civil partner, is a party or in which either of them has a direct beneficial interest. A notarial act performed in violation of this subsection is voidable.

(c) A notary public may certify a copy of an original document only after the notary public determines that the copy is a full, true, and accurate transcription or reproduction of the original document.

(d) A notarial officer may certify that a tangible copy of an electronic record is an accurate copy of the electronic record.