New Mexico Register / Volume XXXIII, Issue 22 / November 29, 2022

EXECUTIVE ORDER 2022-150

RESCINDING EXECUTIVE ORDERS 2011-036 AND 2020-039

WHEREAS, former Governor Susana Martinez issued Executive Order 2011-036 creating the State Notary Compliance and Enforcement Unit within the Regulation and Licensing Department to assist the Governor with fulfilling her duty to discipline notary publics under the Notary Public Act, NMSA 1978, §§ 14-12A-1 to -26;

WHEREAS, I issued Executive Order 2020-039 pursuant to my authority under the Notary Public Act to allow for notarial acts through audio-visual technology under certain circumstances in order to minimize the spread of COVID-19;

WHEREAS, the Notary Public Act has since been repealed and replaced with the Revised Uniform Law on Notarial Acts, NMSA 1978, §§ 14-14A-l to -32, which transferred authority to discipline notary publics to the State Ethics Commission; and

WHEREAS, these Orders, which no longer have any legal force, should be officially rescinded in order to avoid any confusion.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, Michelle Lujan Grisham, Governor of the State of New Mexico, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the State of New Mexico, hereby RESCIND Executive Orders 2011-036 and 2020-039. This Order supersedes any previous orders, proclamations, or directives in conflict. This Order shall take effect immediately.

ATTEST: DONE AT THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE

THIS 10TH DAY OF NOVEMBER 2022

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MAGGIE TOULOUSE OLIVER WITNESS MY HAND AND THE GREAT

SECRETARY OF STATE SEAL OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO

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MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM GOVERNOR