What is remote notarization? Where can it be performed? Who can request it? What technology is needed?
With our continuing worldwide pandemic, more states are passing laws authorizing remote online notarizations. Nonetheless, the use and practice of remote online notarizations (RON) continue to raise questions globally among notaries and signers alike. Relax, secure your mask and read on. Below we have supplied the ‘Need-To-Know’ information regarding remote online notarizations (RON).
In November 2021, amid the ongoing global Covid-19 pandemic, the National Notary Association (NNA) enacted new Remote Online Notarization (RON) laws. If you live in a state that has authorized the RON practice, has RON rules in place, or has issued emergency authorization, then you may legitimately and legally use remote notarizations. If your state has not authorized RON — or has authorized it but has not put rules in place — then you are not authorized to perform remote notarizations.
What is remote notarization?
With remote notarization, a signer personally appears before the notary at the time of the notarization using audio-visual technology over the internet instead of being physically present in the same room. Remote online notarization is also called webcam notarization, online notarization or virtual notarization.
Is remote notarization the same as electronic notarization?
Many people confuse electronic notarization with remote notarization, believing they are the same. They are not.
Electronic notarization, or eNotarization, involves documents that are notarized in electronic form, and the notary and document signer sign with an electronic signature. But all other elements of a traditional, paper notarization apply to electronic notarization, including the requirement for the signer to physically appear before the Notary.
The confusion arises from the fact that remote notarizations typically involve digital documents that are signed and notarized electronically. However, they go a step further in that the transaction is conducted online rather than in person.
How do I learn more about remote notarization?
If you live in a state that has authorized remote notarization, simply follow the requirements of that state. Each state that authorizes remote notarizations may establish its own technology standards and requirements.
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