Journal to be maintained, requirements.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 486.700
in effect486.700. Journal to be maintained, requirements. — 1. A notary shall keep, maintain, protect, and provide for lawful inspection a chronological journal of notarial acts that is a permanently bound book with numbered pages.
2. A notary shall maintain only one active permanently bound journal at the same time.
3. A notary shall keep the permanently bound journal for a period of no less than ten years from the date of the last entry.
(L. 2020 H.B. 1655)
Source: Open US Law by Vaquill AI (CC BY 4.0)URL: https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=486.700Fetched: 10/17/2026
