REMOTE ONLINE NOTARIZATIONS (RON)
Overseas and need your documents notarized back home? Or perhaps you are unable to travel and don't want a notary to come to your home. Either way, it's okay as we now offer Remote Online Notarizations!
“Remote notarization” is a form of notarization where the notary officiates the document remotely through audio-visual technology and other security protocols. Remote notarization can be performed by a notary public by traditional ink (e.g., pen) or electronic signature.
New York State has now authorized RON which means getting a document notarized is even more convenient.
How are remote notarizations performed?
To provide a remote notarization, the notary public must be physically located within the State of New York at the time of the notarization. The notary must identify the remote signor (also known as the “principal”) of the document through any of the following three methods:
the notary’s personal knowledge of the signor;
by means of communication technology that facilitates remote presentation by the signor of an official, acceptable form of ID, credential analysis, and identity proofing;
or through oath or affirmation of a credible witness who personally knows the signor, and who is either personally known to the notary or identified by the previously referenced means of communication technology.
Commercial software is available to notaries public to perform identify proofing and credential analysis.
Regardless of the method used to confirm the identity of the signor, the notary must be able to see and interact, in real-time, with the remote signor of the document through audio-visual communication technology. This technology must have security protocols in place to prevent unauthorized access. The notary must make and keep an audio-visual recording of the remote notarization, and ensure that there is a back-up of the recording.
After the remote signor has executed the document, it must be transmitted to the notary public for officiating. The notary must confirm that the document is the same as the one signed remotely in the notary public’s presence before applying the notary stamp and signature to the document. The following statement must be added to the jurat “This remote notarial act involved the use of communication technology.”