{"id":171,"date":"2021-06-03T12:31:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-03T17:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pronotary.com\/blog\/?p=171"},"modified":"2026-03-11T16:33:53","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T21:33:53","slug":"national-remote-online-notary-bill-reintroduced-in-congress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pronotary.com\/blog\/national-remote-online-notary-bill-reintroduced-in-congress\/","title":{"rendered":"National remote online notary bill reintroduced in Congress"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A bill that would permit immediate nationwide use of remote online notarization was reintroduced in the current session of Congress, after failing to gain traction last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A number of states have had RON available for several years. Then as the pandemic made physical real estate transaction closings difficult<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">,<\/span> several jurisdictions permitted it on a temporary basis as they looked to keep commerce going when face-to-face contact was discouraged. Further expansion and movement from a transitory fix to permanent status may take a back burner now that large numbers of Americans have been vaccinated and the pandemic is subsiding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With over 1.25 billion notarizations completed annually across the globe, Remote Online Notarization saw 547% growth in 2020 according to a new survey from the\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cts.businesswire.com\/ct\/CT?id=smartlink&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.alta.org%2Fnews%2Fnews.cfm%3F20201208-ALTA-Vendor-Survey-Shows-547-Percent-Spike-in-RON-Use&amp;esheet=52464394&amp;newsitemid=20210721006022&amp;lan=en-US&amp;anchor=American+Land+Title+Association&amp;index=4&amp;md5=f08b8c65768d0fd503d08cb864e1debf\">American Land Title Association<\/a>\u00a0and is set to increase adoption through 2021.<br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A bill that would permit immediate nationwide use of remote online notarization was reintroduced in the current session of Congress, after failing to gain traction last year. 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