Online notarization allows a person to appear before a commissioned notary public in real-time using audio/video technology. 

Yes! Online notarization is just another method of performing notarizations. A document notarized online is as legally valid as one notarized via traditional paper-based notarization.

Online notarizations are valid and enforceable in every state with their validity determined by applying the law of the notary’s commissioning state. As public officials of their state, notaries must perform notarizations in compliance with the laws of their state, and every state recognizes properly performed notarizations of other states.

Yes. Signers have the flexibility to complete a transaction together on a shared device, simultaneously on multiple devices, or in separate notary meetings. Each signer must complete the identification process separately and signers who miss the initial meeting can still get their signatures notarized in a subsequent notary meeting.

Importantly, the process for performing remote notarization of documents in New York requires:

1. The signer and notary to communicate live and in real time.

2. The technology to permit the notary to identify the remotely located individual at the time of the notarial act.

3. If video and audio conference technology has been used to ascertain a document signer’s identity, the electronic notary must keep a copy of the audio and video conferencing recording and a notation of the type of identification used.

4. Recordings must be maintained for at least 10 years from the date of the remote notarization.