Remote Online Notary Club on Clubhouse

Description

A remote online notary (RON) is a legally commissioned notary public who is authorized to conduct notarizations over the internet via digital tools and a live audio video call.

All notaries, no matter how they perform their service, must watch as someone signs a document. Historically, this has required that the notary and signer must travel to meet one another in-person where the notary serves as a witness during the signing event.

In 2012, Virginia became the first state to allow its notaries to conduct notarizations online over live audio video calls. Specifically, they clarified that the requirement that the signer physically appear before the notary during the signing event could be satisfied via an audio video call. This law enabled online notarizations and created the concept of a remote notary, but Virginia went further. They specifically empowered their notaries to serve clients nationwide. They also established strict requirements for ID verification, tamper proofing, and document retention that have made remote notarizations safer and more reliable than a standard in-person notarization.