
Explore the duties, requirements, and guidelines for remote online notarization, including technology needs, identification of signers, and proper remote proceedings, not state-specific.
Explore the rise of remote online notarization since Virginia's 2011 law and review a notary public's impartial witness duties.
Apply to become a remote online notary by holding a current state notary commission, obtaining bond, and submitting proof of errors and omissions insurance, online notary form, and application fee.
Learn terminology for electronic and remote online notarization, including electronic documents, electronic signatures, and tamper evident technology, and how a notary's unique signature is securely bound to the electronic document.
Outline essential technology requirements for remote online notaries, including webcam, microphone, secure internet, electronic seal and signature, and mandatory tamper-evident journals and audio-visual recordings.
Explore electronic notarization, including electronic records and signatures, journals, and electronic seals, and distinguish in-person electronic notarization and remote ink notarization from remote online notarization.
Remote online notarization uses audio-visual technology to conduct acts with the notary in-state, while signers may be anywhere in the United States; marriages cannot be solemnized online.
Identify signers via a three-step process: verify government ID in live video, submit for credential analysis, and answer dynamic KBA questions in two minutes with 80% accuracy.
Prepare for remote online notarization with a professional appearance and a well-lit workspace, and follow the document upload, authentication, electronic notarization, and digital journal workflow.
Explore curated resources for online and general notaries, master electronic and remote online notarization, identify signers, and conduct remote notarizations. Complete the assessment to download your certificate.
Remote online notarization allows individuals, banks, law firms and other businesses to connect with a notary over the internet. Authorized online notaries can now notarize electronic documents for clients located anywhere in the United States over a secure audio-video connection. They can also connect with clients anywhere in the world and notarize documents that have a purpose in or for the United States. Over 40 states have enacted laws enabling the use of online notarization.
Adding an additional stream of income to you business is vital these days for continued business success. If your state does not currently permit online notarization, it is highly likely that it will soon. Become prepared NOW. Most states will have a specific certification process.
This course will prepare you and teach you what it will take to become an online notary. Learn the requirements, the technology tools required, and the processes used for working as a successful online notary.
You will learn:
the application process
specific terminology associated with online notarization
the technology requirements
the differences between electronic notarization and remote online notarization
how to identify signers remotely
how to conduct a remote online notarization properly
At the end of the course, you will be given some resources useful to online notaries. This course does not certify online notaries in any state.