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Formerly, when someone wanted a public document such as a court judgment or acknowledgment by a notary recognized in another country, it was necessary to go through a cumbersome process of authentication known as legalization, which was often bureaucratic.
Senate Bill 391, signed into law in the fall, allowed HOAs during declared emergencies to have purely virtual meetings with no announced physical location. It was enacted far too late to really be a help to HOAs during THIS coronavirus emergency.
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