Pro Notary provides a cloud-based platform that bridges the gap of distance and time for all signing parties involved. Through a convenient and easy to use remote online signing solution businesses can now notarize documents online from virtually anywhere in the world.
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No longer do your clients have to deal with scheduling conflicts that increase turn times. Upload any document and perform real-time transactions with your clients from an end-to-end secure web-based software. Allow Remote Online Notarization to work for you and put time and money back in your pocket.
Pro Notary is a fully managed solution that allows the signer to appear before the notary over a live audio-video feed when executing digital documents. Remote Online Notarization is a new technology-driven process that does not require any software installation nor additional browser plugins on behalf of the user.
The entire Remote Online Notarization process can be broken down into four simple steps:
Step 1 is identity verification that requires all signing parties to pass knowledge-based authentication prior to a system performed credential ID test. A user's ID can consist of a driver's license, a government issued photo ID or passport.
Step 2 is the actual audio-video conference where the notary and signer meet virtually to talk to each other over a webcam in real-time. During this step the notary will observe all necessary digital signatures by the signer and will apply appropriate notarial certificates and seals to the digital document(s).
Step 3 is tamper proofing the executed digital documents with a date/time-stamp digital certificate. This certificate will identify whether any of the documents are altered in the future.
Step 4 is the audit trail and notarial records that are required to be kept to prove who actually digitally signed the document(s).
Industries that benefit from Remote Online Notarization include but are not limited to:
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Remote Online Notarization is a notarial act performed by an online notary by means of two-way video and audio conference technology that meets the standards adopted by the Secretary of State for such actions including credential analysis and identity proofing.
Many people confuse electronic notarization with remote notarization, believing they are the same. They are not.
Electronic notarization, or eNotarization, involves documents that are notarized in electronic form, and the Notary and document signer sign with an electronic signature. But all other elements of a traditional, paper notarization apply to electronic notarization, including the requirement for the signer to physically appear before the Notary.
The confusion arises from the fact that remote notarizations typically involve digital documents that are signed and notarized electronically. However they go a step further in that the transaction is conducted online rather than in person.
As of July 1, 2021, Alaska Notaries Public can apply to perform remote online notarizations (RONs). If you want to become an Alabama remote Notary, take the following steps as well as visit the Secretary of State website.
You can find additional information on the Alabama Secretary of State website.
As of January 1, 2021, Alaska Notaries Public can apply to perform remote online notarizations (RONs). If you want to become an Alaska remote Notary, take the following steps as well as visit the Secretary of State website.
You can find additional information on the Alabama Secretary of State website.
As of April 10, 2020, Arizona Notaries Public can apply to perform remote online notarizations (RONs). If you want to become an Arizona remote Notary, take the following steps as well as visit the Secretary of State website.
You can find additional information on the Arizona Secretary of State website.
As of April 29, 2021, Arkansas Notaries Public can apply to perform remote online notarizations (RONs). If you want to become an Arkansas remote Notary, take the following steps as well as visit the Secretary of State website.
You can find additional information on the Arkansas Secretary of State website.
*state may be operating under a temporary executive order or that no permanent legislation exists for the state.
You can find additional information on the California Secretary of State website.
As of December 31, 2020, Colorado Notaries Public can apply to perform remote online notarizations (RONs). If you want to become a Colorado remote Notary, take the following steps as well as visit the Secretary of State website.
You can find additional information on the Arkansas Secretary of State website.
*state may be operating under a temporary executive order or that no permanent legislation exists for the state.
You can find additional information on the Connecticut Secretary of State website.
*state may be operating under a temporary executive order or that no permanent legislation exists for the state.
You can find additional information on the Delaware Secretary of State website.
As of January 1, 2020, Florida Notaries Public can apply to perform remote online notarizations (RONs). If you want to become a Florida remote Notary, take the following steps as well as visit the Secretary of State website.
You can find additional information on the Florida Secretary of State website.
*state may be operating under a temporary executive order or that no permanent legislation exists for the state.
You can find additional information on the Georgia Secretary of State website.
As of January 1, 2021, Hawaii Notaries Public can apply to perform remote online notarizations (RONs). If you want to become a Hawaii remote Notary, take the following steps as well as visit the Department of the Attorney General website.
You can find additional information on the Hawaii Department of the Attorney General website.
As of January 1, 2020, Idaho Notaries Public can apply to perform remote online notarizations (RONs). If you want to become an Idaho remote Notary, take the following steps as well as visit the Secretary of State website.
You can find additional information on the Idaho Secretary of State website.
As of January 1, 2022, Illinois Notaries Public can apply to perform remote online notarizations (RONs). If you want to become an Illinois remote Notary, take the following steps as well as visit the Secretary of State website.
You can find additional information on the Illinois Secretary of State website.
As of March 31, 2020, Indiana Notaries Public can apply to perform remote online notarizations (RONs). If you want to become an Indiana remote Notary, take the following steps as well as visit the Secretary of State website.
You can find additional information on the Idiana Secretary of State website.
As of July 1, 2020, Iowa Notaries Public can apply to perform remote online notarizations (RONs). If you want to become an Iowa remote Notary, take the following steps as well as visit the Secretary of State website.
You can find additional information on the Iowa Secretary of State website.
As of January 1, 2022, Kansas Notaries Public can apply to perform remote online notarizations (RONs). If you want to become a Kansas remote Notary, take the following steps as well as visit the Secretary of State website.
You can find additional information on the Kansas Secretary of State website.
As of January 1, 2020, Kentucky Notaries Public can apply to perform remote online notarizations (RONs). If you want to become a Kentucky remote Notary, take the following steps as well as visit the Secretary of State website.
You can find additional information on the Kentucky Secretary of State website.
As of February 1, 2022, Louisiana Notaries Public can apply to perform remote online notarizations (RONs). If you want to become a Louisiana remote Notary, take the following steps as well as visit the Secretary of State website.
You can find additional information on the Louisiana Secretary of State website.
*state may be operating under a temporary executive order or that no permanent legislation exists for the state.
You can find additional information on the Maine Secretary of State website.
As of October 1, 2020, Maryland Notaries Public can apply to perform remote online notarizations (RONs). If you want to become a Maryland remote Notary, take the following steps as well as visit the Secretary of State website.
You can find additional information on the Maryland Secretary of State website.
*state may be operating under a temporary executive order or that no permanent legislation exists for the state.
You can find additional information on the Massachusetts Secretary of Commonwealth website.
As of September 26, 2018, Michigan Notaries Public can apply to perform remote online notarizations (RONs). If you want to become a Michigan remote Notary, take the following steps as well as visit the Secretary of State website.
You can find additional information on the Michigan Secretary of State website.
As of January 1, 2019, Minnesota Notaries Public can apply to perform remote online notarizations (RONs). If you want to become a Minnesota remote Notary, take the following steps as well as visit the Secretary of State website.
You can find additional information on the Minnesota Secretary of State website.
*state may be operating under a temporary executive order or that no permanent legislation exists for the state.
You can find additional information on the Mississippi Secretary of State website.
As of August 28, 2020, Missouri Notaries Public can apply to perform remote online notarizations (RONs). Individuals authorized to provide RON services are often called "remote" or "online" Notaries. In Missouri, the process of becoming an electronic Notary is not the same as becoming a remote online Notary.
If you want to become a Missouri remote Notary, take the following steps as well as visit the Secretary of State website.
You can find additional information on the Missouri Secretary of State website.
As of October 1, 2019, Montana Notaries Public can apply to perform remote online notarizations (RONs). If you want to become a Montana remote Notary, take the following steps as well as visit the Secretary of State website.
You can find additional information on the Montana Secretary of State website.
As of July 1, 2020, Nebraska Notaries Public can apply to perform remote online notarizations (RONs). If you want to become a Nebraska remote Notary, take the following steps as well as visit the Secretary of State website.
You can find additional information on the Nebraska Secretary of State website.
As of December 14, 2018, Nevada Notaries Public can apply to perform remote online notarizations (RONs). Individuals authorized to provide RON services are often referred to as "remote" or "online" Notaries. The Nevada Secretary of State also uses the term "electronic" Notaries.
If you want to become a Nevada remote Notary, take the following steps as well as visit the Secretary of State website.
You can find additional information on the Nevada Secretary of State website.
As of February 6, 2022, New Hampshire Notaries Public can apply to perform remote online notarizations (RONs). If you want to become a New Hampshire remote Notary, take the following steps as well as visit the Secretary of State website.
You can find additional information on the New Hampshire Secretary of State website.
As of October 20, 2021, New Jersey Notaries Public can apply to perform remote online notarizations (RONs). If you want to become a New Jersey remote Notary, take the following steps as well as visit the Department of the Treasury website.
You can find additional information on the New Jersey Department of the Treasury website.
As of January 1, 2022, New Mexico Notaries Public can apply to perform remote online notarizations (RONs). If you want to become a New Mexico remote Notary, take the following steps as well as visit the Secretary of State website.
You can find additional information on the New Mexico Secretary of State website.
As of June 20, 2022, New York Notaries Public can apply to perform remote online notarizations (RONs). Final regulations and procedures are still to be determined.
You can find additional information the New York Department of State website.
*state may be operating under a temporary executive order or that no permanent legislation exists for the state.
You can find additional information on the North Carolina Secretary of State website.
As of August 1, 2019, North Dakota Notaries Public can apply to perform remote online notarizations (RONs). If you want to become a North Dakota remote Notary, take the following steps as well as visit the Secretary of State website.
You can find additional information on the North Dakota Secretary of State website.
As of September 22, 2019, Ohio Notaries Public can apply to perform remote online notarizations (RONs). If you want to become an Ohio remote Notary, take the following steps as well as visit the Secretary of State website.
You can find additional information on the Ohio Secretary of State website.
As of January 1, 2020, Oklahoma Notaries Public can apply to perform remote online notarizations (RONs). If you want to become an Oklahoma remote Notary, take the following steps as well as visit the Secretary of State website.
You can find additional information on the Oklahoma Secretary of State website.
As of June 15, 2021, Oregon Notaries Public can apply to perform remote online notarizations (RONs). If you want to become an Oregon remote Notary, take the following steps as well as visit the Secretary of State website.
You can find additional information on the Oklahoma Secretary of State website.
As of October 29, 2020, Pennsylvania Notaries Public can apply to perform remote online notarizations (RONs). If you want to become a Pennsylvania remote Notary, take the following steps as well as visit the Secretary of State website.
You can find additional information on the Pennsylvania Derpartment of State website.
*state may be operating under a temporary executive order or that no permanent legislation exists for the state.
You can find additional information on the Rhode Island Secretary of State website.
*state may be operating under a temporary executive order or that no permanent legislation exists for the state.
You can find additional information on the South Carolina Secretary of State website.
As of July 1, 2019, South Dakota Notaries Public can perform remote ink notarizations for ink-signed paper documents. If you want to become a South Dakota remote ink Notary, take the following steps as well as visit the Secretary of State website.
You can find additional information on the South Dakota Secretary of State website.
As of July 1, 2019, Tennessee Notaries Public can apply to perform remote online notarizations (RONs). If you want to become a Tennesse remote Notary, take the following steps as well as visit the Secretary of State website.
You can find additional information on the Tennessee Secretary of State Website.
As of July 1, 2018, Texas Notaries Public can apply to perform remote online notarizations (RONs). If you want to become a Texas remote Notary, take the following steps as well as visit the Secretary of State website.
You can find additional information on the Texas Secretary of State Website.
As of November 1, 2019, Utah Notaries Public can apply to perform remote online notarizations (RONs). If you want to become a Utah remote Notary, take the following steps as well as visit the Office of the Lieutenant Governor website.
You can find additional information on the Utah Office of the Lieutenant Governor website.
As of March 25, 2020, Vermont Notaries Public can apply to perform remote online notarizations (RONs). If you want to become a Vermont remote Notary, take the following steps as well as visit the Secretary of State website.
You can find additional information on the Vermont Secretary of State website.
As of 2013, Virginia Notaries Public can apply to perform remote online notarizations (RONs). If you want to become a Virginia remote Notary, take the following steps as well as visit the Secretary of Commonwealth website.
You can find more information on the Virginia Secretary of Commonwealth website.
As of March 27, 2020, Washington Notaries Public can apply to perform remote online notarizations (RONs). If you want to become a Washington remote Notary, take the following steps as well as visit the Department of Licensing website.
You can find additional information on the Washington Department of Licensing website.
As of June 17, 2021, West Virginia Notaries Public can apply to perform remote online notarizations (RONs). If you want to become a West Virginia remote Notary, take the following steps as well as visit the Secretary of State website.
You can find additional information on the West Virginia Secretary of State website.
As of May 1, 2020, Wisconsin Notaries Public can apply to perform remote online notarizations (RONs). If you want to become a Wisconsin remote Notary, take the following steps as well as visit the Secretary of State website.
You can find additional information on the Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions website.
As of July 1, 2021, Wyoming Notaries Public can apply to perform remote online notarizations (RONs). If you want to become a Wisconsin remote Notary, take the following steps as well as visit the Secretary of State website.
You can find additional information on the Wyoming Secretary of State website.
Knowledge based authentication, also known as KBA, is a type of authentication which looks to prove that the person providing identity information truly is that exact person. As its name suggests, KBA is based on some sort of knowledge the individual has. Knowledge based authentication continues to get more sophisticated in order to keep information and access in the right hands.
There are three different forms of KBA – static, dynamic and enhanced KBA.
Static KBA methods allow users to select security questions and provide answers that are stored by a company and accessed later, usually when a password needs to be retrieved or reset. Dynamic KBA, on the other hand, goes a step further by generating questions that apply only to the intended end user and do not require a previous relationship with the customer. These types of questions have also been called “out-of-wallet” as the content is generated from information within a person’s credit history or public records. Therefore, the answers could not be found in a wallet or purse, making it difficult for anyone other than the actual person to know the answer.
Enhanced dynamic KBA goes even further by using your proprietary data collected that is stored behind your firewall to create custom security questions for your customers. This gives you a complete end-to-end authentication solution so you can verify new and existing customers online.
Credential ID Analysis is a process by which the validity of a government-issued identification is affirmed by a third party through review of public and proprietary data sources.
An electronic seal consists of information within a notarized electronic document that confirms the online notary public's name, jurisdiction, notary ID, and commission expiration date. It generally corresponds to information in notary seals used on paper documents.
A digital certificate is a computer-based record or electronic file issued to an online notary public for the purpose of creating an official electronic signature.cing built around your requirements.
All notary publics who use the Pro Notary platform are required to have an IGC Notaries | Basic Assurance | Individual Identity | Software Storage certificate which is used to digitally sign each notarized document. Once a digital signature is applied, the electronic document is encrypted and sealed to protect against tampering, to allow individuals to authenticate themselves as a notary and to provide non-repudiation for relying parties.
Pro Notary has partnered with IdenTrust to provide the necessary digital certificate.
Please contact our sales team for custom pricing built around your requirements.
Pro Notary can accommodate multiple signers, from any combination of locations domestically within the USA or international as long as all signing parties can meet the minimum system requirements.
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