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90th General Assembly · Funnel one-pager · Monday, November 9, 2026

SF 515: Relating to remote presence for purposes of notarial acts and executing wills and codicils, and including retroactive applicability provisions

Died when the session ended · The General Assembly adjourned on April 19, 2024. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died.

What it does

This bill relates to remote presence for purposes of notarial acts and executing wills and codicils. The bill requires that if a notary elects to use identity proofing for purposes of performing notarial acts for remotely located individuals, the identity proofing must conform to the standards established by the secretary of state. For purposes of executing wills and codicils, the bill defines the term “presence” to mean any manner, physical or electronic, in which the witness and testator can see and hear the acts of each other in real time.

Sponsors

Judiciary (companion To Hf 397 By Committee on Judiciary) committee

Cost

No fiscal note

Lobbying · 2 for, 2 against

For: AARP Iowa; Iowa State Bar Association

Against: Iowa Academy of Trial Lawyers; Patterson Law Firm LLP

In plain words

  1. March 6, 2023Filed in the Senate
  2. March 6, 2023Approved by the Senate committee
  3. April 25, 2023Withdrawn

From public records at legis.iowa.gov, compiled by Funnel (iowafunnel.com), an independent, nonpartisan site. Current as of Monday, November 9, 2026. https://iowafunnel.com/bills/90/SF515