Understanding the Role of Notarizing Documents

Notarizing documents serves the crucial purpose of providing official, impartial witness, validating identities, protecting against duress or coercion, and adding solemnity to transactions. Electronic and remote notarization, governed by specific laws, offer convenient alternatives with the same legal validity. Interstate recognition of notarized documents ensures widespread acceptance across different states, facilitated by legislative frameworks and model laws. To further understand these processes, explore the legislative map and models guiding remote notarization practices.

• Notarizing Documents
• Identity Validation
• Electronic Notarization
• Interstate Recognition
• Legal Frameworks

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1. Purpose of Notarizing Documents Why We Notarize At All? Power of Official Impartial Witness Heightened identity validation Shield against duress, coercion Conveys solemnity of transaction Evidentiary Role: Seal and a Record

2. Electronic and Remote Notarization: Terms Remote and online notarizations are all eNotarizations or electronic notarizations An eSignature is an original signature Presence before the notary via audio-video communication Identity verification in the online world

3. Electronic Process: Governing Law Federal E-Sign Act Uniform Electronic Transactions Act Uniform Real Property Electronic Recording Act Validity of electronic documents A. If a law requires, as a condition for recording, that a document be an original, be on paper or another tangible medium or be in writing, the requirement is satisfied by an electronic document satisfying this article. B. If a law requires, as a condition for recording, that a document be signed, the requirement is satisfied by an electronic signature.

4. Interstate Recognition of Notarized Documents Interstate Recognition of Notarial Acts Virtually every state recognizes and accepts documents duly notarized by notaries in other states Recorders have been recording documents notarized in other states under these laws for many years Any jurisdiction equipped to accept electronic filings can accept electronically notarized documents

5. Legislative Map 2018-19 States in GREEN have enacted legislation. (Those in light green await the Governor s signature). States in BLUE have legislation pending or are likely to introduce it in the 2019 session. States in ORANGE have task forces or other working groups (formally or informally) currently in progress.

6. Legislative Model Laws Update Model Laws: Remote Notarization Uniform Law Commission: RULONA 2018 Mortgage Bankers Association/American Land Title Association NNA s Model Electronic Notary Act (MENA) Regulations: TX, NV, TN

7. Interstate Recognition of Notarized Documents How It Works: Simple Demo General Demo Video https://www.notarize.com/signer/how-to

8. FREE EBOOK The Complete Guide to Remote Online Notarization How New Laws, Technologies, and Consumer Demand Are Reshaping the Notarial Act and the Future of Trust in the Digital Age. Grab your FREE COPY notarize.com/book