Can A Notary From A Different State Notarize My Document?

KEY TAKEAWAYS 

• Yes. A notary from another state, separate from yours, can absolutely notarize your documents
• A notary from another state can notarize your documents as long as state laws legalize RON

You may be wondering: If a notary resides in another state, can they notarize my documents? We get this question all the time.

Well, the short answer is: yes, absolutely! As long as their state laws are compliant with remote online notarization, they 100% can notarize your documents.

How Is That Possible?

State government regulations strictly bind notaries, restricting them to perform services only within the boundaries of their commission. BUT Notaries can notarize out-of-state documents if they follow the rules and requirements of their jurisdiction and state. 

So if their state, where their commission resides, allows remote, online notarizations (RON for short), then they can notarize a document from any other state. If their state does not allow RON, then they need to obtain an added commission from a state that does allow RON to complete RON notary services. See examples below:

In California, they have strict laws against remote online notarization. Therefore, a notary commissioned in California must obtain a separate commission in Colorado (or any other state allowing RON) to perform notarial acts within that state (California).

Another example from the National Notary Association states ". . . a Texas Online Notary authorized to perform remote notarizations can do so while physically located in Texas. But if the Notary traveled to another state or country, the Notary could not perform remote notarizations outside the borders of Texas."

A Texas resident (commissioned notary) can notarize a document for an individual in Ohio using remote online methods. If they are not in Texas and in Ohio (but not commissioned), that's when they will be illegally signing your document.

During a remote notarization, the Notary must be physically present in the commissioning state. However, the signer can usually be located inside or outside the state, and even in a different country.

When notarization is done in compliance with the state's regulations, it will be acknowledged as legally valid in all states.

Which States Recognize a Notarization From Another State? 

Almost all states legally approve an online notarization performed by a notary in another state – including states that rule remote online notarization illegal. 

Below you will find excerpts from state statues that address the recognition of online notarial acts signed out of state. 

Alabama

Alabama Code Title 35. Property § 35-4-26

(a) Acknowledgments, proofs of conveyances, and affidavits may be taken within the United States and beyond the State of Alabama, by … notaries public ...

(b) Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter, the acknowledgment of any instrument executed outside the State of Alabama which is in compliance with the manner and form prescribed by the laws of the place of its execution, is executed in a state, territory, or insular possession of the United States or the District of Columbia, and is verified by the official seal of the officer before whom it is acknowledged, shall have the same effect as an acknowledgment in the manner and form prescribed by the laws of this state for instruments executed within the state….

Alaska

AS 09.63.050. Recognition of Notarial Acts Performed Outside the State.

Notarial acts may be performed outside the state for use in the state with the same effect as if performed by a notary public of the state by

(1) a notary public authorized to perform notarial acts in the place in which the act is performed;…

Arizona

Arizona Revised States, Section 33-501 - Recognition of notarial acts performed outside this state

For the purposes of this article, "notarial acts" means acts which the laws and regulations of this state authorize notaries public of this state to perform, including the administering of oaths and affirmations, taking proof of execution and acknowledgments of instruments, and attesting documents. Notarial acts may be performed outside this state for use in this state with the same effect as if performed by a notary public of this state by the following persons authorized pursuant to the laws and regulations of other governments in addition to any other person authorized by the laws and regulations of this state:

1. A notary public authorized to perform notarial acts in the place in which the act is performed.


Arkansas

AR Code § 16-45-102 (2012)

(a) An affidavit may be made in this state before a … notary public….

(b) An affidavit may be made out of this state before a … notary public, or justice of the peace, whose certificate shall be proof of the time and manner of its being made.

16-47-203. Officials authorized to take within the United States. The acknowledgment of any instrument may be without the state but within the United States or a territory or insular possession of the United States and within the jurisdiction of the officer, before: (1) A clerk or deputy clerk of any federal court; (2) A clerk or deputy clerk of any court of record of any state or other jurisdiction; (3) A notary public; (4) A commissioner of deeds; (5) Any person authorized by the laws of such other jurisdiction to take acknowledgments.

California

California Civil Code, Article 3

Section 1182 -  Proof and Acknowledgment of Instruments 

The proof or acknowledgment of an instrument may be made without this state, but within the United States, and within the jurisdiction of the officer, before any of the following:

(4) A notary public

Section 1189 (b) Any certificate of acknowledgment taken in another place shall be sufficient in this state if it is taken in accordance with the laws of the place where the acknowledgment is made.

Colorado

Colorado Revised Statutes Section 24-21-511. Notarial act in another state

(1) A notarial act performed in another state has the same effect under the law of this state as if performed by a notarial officer of this state if the act performed in that state is performed by:

(a) A notary public of that state; …

Connecticut

CT Gen Stat § 1-57 (2018)

For the purposes of this chapter, “notarial acts” means acts which the laws and regulations of this state authorize notaries public of this state to perform, including the administering of oaths and affirmations, taking proof of execution and acknowledgments of instruments, and attesting documents. Notarial acts may be performed outside this state for use in this state with the same effect as if performed by a notary public of this state by the following persons authorized pursuant to the laws and regulations of other governments in addition to any other person authorized by the laws and regulations of this state: (1) A notary public authorized to perform notarial acts in the place in which the act is performed ….

Delaware

§ 4324 Notarial acts — Acts in other jurisdictions of the United States.

(a)   A notarial act has the same effect under the law of this State, as if performed by a notarial officer of this State, if performed in another state, commonwealth, territory, district or possession of the United States by any of the following persons:

(1)   A notary public of that jurisdiction; …. 

Florida

The 2019 Florida Statute - 92.50 Oaths, affidavits, and acknowledgments; who may take or administer; requirements.

(2) IN OTHER STATES, TERRITORIES, AND DISTRICTS OF THE UNITED STATES.— Oaths, affidavits, and acknowledgments required or authorized under the laws of this state, may be taken or administered in any other state, territory, or district of the United States, by … or before any notary public or justice of the peace, having a seal, in such state, territory, or district; provided, however, such officer or person is authorized under the laws of such state, territory, or district to take or administer oaths, affidavits and acknowledgments. The jurat, or certificate of proof or acknowledgment, shall be authenticated by the signature and official seal of such officer or person taking or administering the same….


Georgia

2010 Georgia Code

Section 44-2-21 (a) To authorize the recording of a deed to realty or personalty executed outside this state, the deed must be attested by or acknowledged before . . .

(4) A notary public or justice of the peace of the county or city of the state or the state and the county, city, or country where executed, with his seal of office attached ….

Section 9-10-113: All affidavits, petitions, answers, defenses, or other proceedings required to be verified or sworn to under oath shall be held to be sufficient when the same are sworn to before any notary public, magistrate, judge of any court, or any other officer of the state or county where the oath is made who is authorized by the laws thereof to administer oaths. The oath if made outside this state shall have the same force and effect as if it had been made before an officer of this state authorized to administer the same ....

Hawaii

HI Rev Stat § 502-45

The proof or acknowledgment of any deed or other written instrument required to be proved or acknowledged in order to enable the same to be recorded or read in evidence, when made by any person without the State and within any other state, territory, district, or dependency of the United States, may be made before any officer of the state, territory, district, or dependency authorized by the laws thereof to take proof and acknowledgment of deeds and when so taken, and when the certificate of acknowledgment is in a form sufficient to entitle deeds of real property to be recorded in the appropriate office for recording in such state, territory, district, or dependency or in the form provided or permitted by any of sections 502-41 to 502-43, shall be entitled to be recorded and may be read in evidence in the State. The signature of such officer constitutes prima facie evidence that the acknowledgment is taken in accordance with the laws of the place where made and of the authority of the officer to take the acknowledgment.

Idaho

Idaho Code Section 51-111

(1) A notarial act performed in another state has the same effect under the law of this state as if performed by a notary public of this state if the act performed in that state is performed by:

(a) A notary public of that state; …

Illinois
(765 ILCS 30/) Uniform Recognition of Acknowledgments Act.

765 ILCS 30/2 - Notarial acts may be performed outside this state for use in this state with the same effect as if performed by a notary public of this state by the following persons authorized pursuant to the laws and regulations of other governments in addition to any other person authorized by the laws of this state:

(1) A notary public authorized to perform notarial acts in the place in which the act is performed; …

Indiana

IC 33-42-9-8 Notarial acts in another state

Sec. 8. (a) A notarial act performed in another state is presumed valid and has the same effect as a notarial act performed by a notarial officer of Indiana if the notarial act performed in that state is performed by:

(1) a notary public of that state …

Iowa

Iowa Code Section 9B.11 – Notarial Act in Another State

1. A notarial act has the same effect under the law of this State as if performed by a notarial officer of this State, if performed in another state, commonwealth, territory, district, or possession of the United States by any of the following persons:

(a) a notary public of that jurisdiction ; …

2. The signature and title of a person performing a notarial act are prima facie evidence that the signature is genuine and that the person holds the designated title.

3. The signature and indicated title of an officer listed in subsection 1, paragraph “a” or “b” conclusively establish the authority of a holder of that title to perform a notarial act.

4. The notarial act performed in another state must be performed in accordance with section 9B.6.

Iowa Code § 9B.6: If a notarial act relates to a statement made in or a signature executed on a record, the individual making the statement or executing the signature shall appear personally before the notarial officer.

Iowa Code § 9B.2: 10. a. “Personal appearance” means an act of a party to physically appear within the presence of a notarial officer at the time the notarial act is performed.

b. “Personal appearance” does not include appearances which require video, optical, or technology with similar capabilities.
 

Kansas

Kansas Statutes 53-505 Notarial acts in other jurisdictions of the United States.

(a) A notarial act has the same effect under the law of this state as if performed by a notarial officer of this state, if performed in another state, commonwealth, territory, district or possession of the United States by any of the following persons:

(1) A notary public of that jurisdiction; …

Kentucky

KRS Section 423.110: Notarial acts may be performed outside this state for use in this state with the same effect as if performed by a notary public of this state by the following persons authorized pursuant to the laws and regulations of other governments in addition to any other person authorized by the laws of this state:

(1) A notary public authorized to perform notarial acts in the place in which the act is performed ….

Louisiana

Louisiana Revised Statutes, Title 35

§ 35.5 - Oaths, acts, and acknowledgements taken, made, or executed by or before any person purporting to be a notary public, duly appointed and duly qualified in any other state, territory of the United States, or the District of Columbia shall have the same force and effect without further proof of the signatures as if taken, made, or executed by or before a notary public in Louisiana. This Section is remedial and shall be retroactive. All oaths, acts, and acknowledgements heretofore made in compliance with the provisions of this Section are hereby validated.

§ 35.513 - The proof or acknowledgment of any deed or other written instrument required to be proved or acknowledged in order to enable the same to be recorded or read in evidence, when made by any person without this state and within any other state, territory, or district of the United States, may be made before any officer of such state, territory or district, authorized by the laws thereof to take the proof and acknowledgment of deeds, and when so taken and certified under his official seal, shall be entitled to be recorded in this state, and may be read in evidence in the same manner and with like effect as proofs and acknowledgments taken before any of the officers now authorized by law to take such proofs and acknowledgments, and whose authority so to do is not intended to be hereby affected.

Maine

Maine Revised Statutes, Title 4

§ 202: All oaths required to be taken by personal representatives, trustees, guardians, conservators, or of any other persons in relation to any proceeding in the probate court, or to perpetuate the evidence of the publication of any order of notice, may be administered by the judge or register of probate or any notary public. A certificate thereof, when taken out of court, shall be returned into the registry of probate and there filed. When any person of whom such oath is required, including any parent acknowledging consent to an adoption, resides temporarily or permanently without the State, the oath or acknowledgment may be taken before and be certified by a notary public without the State, a commissioner for the State of Maine or a United States Consul.

§ 1011: Notarial acts may be performed outside this state for use in this state with the same effect as if performed by a notary public of this state by the following persons authorized pursuant to the laws and regulations of other governments in addition to any other person authorized by the laws of this state:

(1) A notary public authorized to perform notarial acts in the place in which the act is performed

Maryland

Md. Code Ann., Maryland State Government Section 19-103

§ 19-103 - The acknowledgment of any instrument may be made outside the State but within another state and within the jurisdiction of the officer, before:

(3) a notary public; …

§ 19-110 - Notwithstanding any other provision of this subtitle, the acknowledgment of an instrument outside the State shall have the(3) a notary public.

§ 19-110 - Notwithstanding any other provision of this subtitle, the acknowledgment of an instrument outside the State shall have the same effect as an acknowledgment in the manner and form required by the laws of the State for instruments executed within the State if the acknowledgment:

(1) was executed in another state, in compliance with the manner and form required by the laws of that state; and (2) is verified by the official seal of the officer before whom the instrument was acknowledged

Massachusetts

Gen. Laws ch. 183, § 30 - The acknowledgment of the execution of a deed or other written instrument required to be acknowledged shall be by 1 or more of the grantors or by any attorneys or representatives executing it on behalf of the grantors. The officer before whom the acknowledgment is made shall endorse upon or annex to the instrument a certificate thereof. Such acknowledgment may be made ...

(b) If without the commonwealth, in any state, territory, district or dependency of the United States, before a justice of the peace, notary public, magistrate or commissioner appointed therefor by the governor of this commonwealth, or, if a certificate of authority in the form prescribed by section thirty-three is attached thereto, before any other officer therein authorized to take acknowledgments of deeds.

Gen. Laws ch. 183, § 41 - The proof of a deed or other instrument, if made without the commonwealth in some state, territory, district or dependency of the United States, may be made before any of the persons enumerated in clause (b) of section thirty; provided, however, that a certificate of authority as provided in section thirty-three shall be attached thereto; if without the United States or any dependency thereof, such proof may be made before any of the persons enumerated in clause (c) of said section thirty

Gen. Laws ch. 183, § 54B - Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, (1) a discharge of mortgage; (2) a release, partial release or assignment of mortgage; (3) an instrument of subordination, non-disturbance, recognition, or attornment by the holder of a mortgage; (4) any instrument for the purpose of foreclosing a mortgage and conveying the title resulting therefrom, including but not limited to notices, deeds, affidavits, certificates, votes, assignments of bids, confirmatory instruments and agreements of sale; or (5) a power of attorney given for that purpose or for the purpose of servicing a mortgage, and in either case, any instrument executed by the attorney-in-fact pursuant to such power, if executed before a notary public, justice of the peace or other officer entitled by law to acknowledge instruments, whether executed within or without the commonwealth, by a person purporting to hold the position of president, vice president, treasurer, clerk, secretary, cashier, loan representative, principal, investment, mortgage or other officer, agent, asset manager, or other similar office or position, including assistant to any such office or position, of the entity holding such mortgage, or otherwise purporting to be an authorized signatory for such entity, or acting under such power of attorney on behalf of such entity, acting in its own capacity or as a general partner or co- venturer of the entity holding such mortgage, shall be binding upon such entity and shall be entitled to be recorded, and no vote of the entity affirming such authority shall be required to permit recording

Gen. Laws ch. 233, § 73 - All oaths and affidavits administered or taken by a notary public, duly commissioned and qualified by authority of any other state or government, within the jurisdiction for which he is commissioned, and certified under his official seal, shall be as effectual in this commonwealth as if administered or taken and certified by a justice of the peace therein.


Michigan

2006 Michigan Compiled Laws

Section 55.285a Notarial acts performed in another state.

(1) All of the following apply with regard to a notarial act that is performed in another state:

(a) A notarial act performed in another state has the same effect under the law of this state as if performed by a notarial officer of this state, if the act performed in that state is performed by any of the following individuals:

(i) A notary public who is authorized to perform notarial acts in the state in which the act is performed; …

Minnesota

358.61 Notarial act in another state.

Subdivision 1.Effect. A notarial act performed in another state has the same effect under the law of this state as if performed by a notarial officer of this state, if the act performed in that state is performed by:

(1) a notary public of that state;….
 

Mississippi

Miss. Code § 11-1-1 - A judge of any court of record, clerk of such court, court reporter of such court, master, member of the board of supervisors, justice court judge, notary public, mayor, or police justice of a city, town or village, clerk of a municipality, and any officer of any other state, or of the United States, authorized by the law thereof to administer oaths, the judge of any court of record, or the mayor or chief magistrate of any city, borough or corporation of a foreign country; may administer oaths and take and certify affidavits whenever the same may be necessary or proper in a proceeding in any court or under any law of this state, or for the purpose of taking depositions of any party of interest, or witnesses of any suit pending before any such court, or for the perpetuation of testimony, as provided in Section 13-1-57, Mississippi Code of 1972.

Miss. Code § 89-3-9 - If the party who shall execute any conveyance of lands or personal property situated in this state, or if the witnesses thereto reside or be in some other state, territory in the Union, the District of Columbia, or in any possession of the United States, or land over which the United States has sovereign power, then the acknowledgment or proof may be made before and certified by the chief justice of the United States, or an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, or a circuit or district judge of the United States, or any other United States judge, or any judge or justice of the supreme or superior court of any such state, territory, District of Columbia, or possession of the United States, or land over which the United States has sovereign power, or any justice of the peace of such state, territory, District of Columbia, possession, or land over which the United States has sovereign power, whose official character shall be certified under the seal of some court of record in his country, parish or other named official jurisdiction, or before any commissioner residing in such state, territory, District of Columbia, possession, or land over which the United States has sovereign power, who may be appointed by the governor of this state to take acknowledgments and proof of conveyances, or any notary public or a clerk of a court of record having a seal of office in said state, territory, District of Columbia, possession, or land over which the United States has sovereign power, and shall be as good and effectual as if the certificate of acknowledgment or proof had been made by a competent officer in this state.

Miss. Code § 91-7-33 - Authenticated copies of wills proven according to the laws of any of the states of the union, of the territories, of the District of Columbia, or of any foreign country, and affecting or disposing of property within this state, may be admitted to probate in the proper court. Such will may be contested as the original might have been if it had been executed in this state, or the original will may be proven and admitted to record here.


Missouri

MO Rev Stat § 442.150. Proof or acknowledgment, by whom taken: The proof or acknowledgment of every conveyance or instrument in writing affecting real estate in law or equity, including deeds of married women, shall be taken by some one of the following courts or officers: ...

(2) If acknowledged or proved without this state and within the United States, by any notary public or by any court of the United States, or of any state or territory, having a seal, or the clerk of any such court or any commissioner appointed by the governor of this state to take the acknowledgment of deeds.

MO Rev Stat § 442.155. Acknowledgment of instruments not affecting lands--certificate--curative provision: 1. All officers within or without the state of Missouri now by the laws of this state authorized to take the proof or acknowledgment of any conveyance or other instrument in writing affecting real estate, shall have the power to take the proof or acknowledgment of any instrument in writing.

2. The certificate of the proof or acknowledgment shall be the same as now provided by law for the certificate of proof of acknowledgment to conveyances or other instruments in writing affecting real estate.


Montana

Montana Code 1-5-605. Notarial act in another state -- reciprocity -- notary public authority. 

(1) A notarial act performed in another state has the same effect under the law of this state as if the notarial act were performed by a notarial officer of this state if the notarial act performed in the other state is performed by:

(a) a notary public of that state; …

New Jersey

NJ Rev Stat § 41:2-17. Officers authorized to administer or take; jurat; certificate - Any oath, affirmation or affidavit required or authorized to be taken in any suit or legal proceeding in this state, or for any lawful purpose whatever, except official oaths and depositions required to be taken upon notice, when taken out of this state, may be taken before any notary public of the state, territory, nation, kingdom or country in which the same shall be taken, or before any officer who may be authorized by the laws of this state to take the acknowledgment of deeds in such state, territory, nation, kingdom or country; and a recital that he is such notary or officer in the jurat or certificate of such oath, affirmation or affidavit, and his official designation annexed to his signature, and attested under his official seal, shall be sufficient proof that the person before whom the same is taken is such notary or officer. When, however, any other certificate is required by law to be annexed to the certificate of such officer, other than a notary public, for the recording of a deed acknowledged before him, a like certificate shall be annexed to his certificate of the taking of such oath.

NJ Rev Stat § 46:14-6.1.b. The officers authorized to take acknowledgments or proofs, in addition to those listed in subsection a., are: (1) any officer of the United States, of a state, territory or district of the United States, or of a foreign nation authorized at the time and place of the acknowledgment or proof by the laws of that jurisdiction to take acknowledgments or proofs. If the certificate of acknowledgment or proof does not designate the officer as a justice, judge or notary, the certificate of acknowledgment or proof, or an affidavit appended to it, shall contain a statement of the officer's authority to take acknowledgments or proofs;…


North Dakota

N.D. Cent. Code § 44-06.1-10 Notarial act in another state:

1. A notarial act performed in another state has the same effect under the law of this state as if performed by a notarial officer of this state, if the act performed in that state is performed by:

a. A notary public of that state;…
 

Nebraska

Neb. Rev. Stat. § 64-201: Notarial acts may be performed outside this state for use in this state with the same effect as if performed by a notary public of this state by the following persons authorized pursuant to the laws and regulations of other governments in addition to any other person authorized by the laws of this state:

(1) A notary public authorized to perform notarial acts in the place in which the act is performed;…

Section 76-219 - Acknowledgment; before whom taken in any other state or territory: If the instrument is executed and acknowledged or proved in any other state, territory or district of the United States, it must be executed and acknowledged or proved either according to the laws of such state, territory or district or in accordance with the law of this state, and if acknowledged out of this state it must be before some court of record or clerk or officer holding the seal thereof, or before some commissioner to take the acknowledgment of deeds, appointed by the Governor of this state, or before some notary public.

Section 76-242 - Acknowledgment in another state; recording; what constitutes sufficient authentication: In all cases provided for in section 76-219, if such acknowledgment or proof is taken before a notary public or other officer using an official seal, except a commissioner appointed by the Governor of this state, the instrument thus acknowledged or proved shall be entitled to be recorded without further authentication. In all other cases the deed or other instrument shall have attached thereto a certificate of the clerk of a court of record, or other proper certifying officer of the county, district or state within which the acknowledgment or proof was taken, under the seal of his office, showing that the person, whose name is subscribed to the certificate of acknowledgment, was at the date thereof such officer as he is therein represented to be; that he is well acquainted with the handwriting of such officer; that he believes the signature of such officer to be genuine; and that the deed or other instrument is executed and acknowledged according to the laws of such state, district or territory.

Section 76-264 - Deeds executed in another state; omission of private seal, validated: No deed of conveyance or other instrument affecting real estate in this state, which has been executed and acknowledged or proved in any other state, territory or district of the United States and which has been executed and acknowledged or proved in accordance with the laws of such state, territory or district, shall be held invalid because of the failure of the grantor to affix thereto his private seal, although the affixing of such private seal may be required by the laws of such state, territory or district. Every such deed of conveyance or other instrument, which has been so executed and acknowledged or proved, is declared to be legal, valid and binding, and all such deeds of conveyance or other instruments, and the record thereof in the office of the register of deeds of the county in which said real estate is situated, shall be competent evidence in the courts of this state.

New Hampshire

Section 456-B:4 - Notarial Acts in Other Jurisdictions of the United States

(I) A notarial act has the same effect under the law of this State as if performed by a notarial officer of this State, if performed in another state, commonwealth, territory, district, or possession of the United States by any of the following persons:

(a) a notary public of that jurisdiction;…


New Mexico

Section 14-14-4 - Notarial acts in other jurisdictions of the United States

Section 14-14-4 A - A notarial act has the same effect under the law of this State as if performed by a notarial officer of this State, if performed in another state, commonwealth, territory, district, or possession of the United States by any of the following persons:

(1) a notary public of that jurisdiction:…
 

Nevada

Section 240.164 - Notarial acts in other jurisdictions of United States 

(a) A notarial act has the same effect under the law of this State as if performed by a notarial officer of this State, if performed in another state, commonwealth, territory, district, or possession of the United States by any of the following persons:

(1) a notary public of that jurisdiction; …
 

New York

Section 2309 - Oaths and affirmations

(c)    Oaths and affirmations taken without the state. An oath or affirmation taken without the state shall be treated as if taken within the state if it is accompanied by such certificate or certificates as would be required to entitle a deed acknowledged without the state to be recorded within the state if such deed had been acknowledged before the officer who administered the oath or affirmation.


North Carolina

North Carolina General Statutes § 10B-20 (f) A notarial act performed in another jurisdiction in compliance with the laws of that jurisdiction is valid to the same extent as if it had been performed by a notary commissioned under this Chapter if the notarial act is performed by a notary public of that jurisdiction or by any person authorized to perform notarial acts in that jurisdiction under the laws of that jurisdiction, the laws of this State, or federal law.

North Carolina General Statutes § 10B-40 (e) Any notarial certificate made in another jurisdiction shall be sufficient in this State if it is made in accordance with federal law or the laws of the jurisdiction where the notarial certificate is made.

Ohio

Ohio Revised Code - Section 147.51 Notarial acts.

Notarial acts may be performed outside this state for use in this state with the same effect as if performed by a notary public of this state by the following persons authorized pursuant to the laws and regulations of other governments, in addition to any other persons authorized by the laws and regulations of this state:

(A) A notary public authorized to perform notarial acts in the place in which the act is performed;…
 

Oklahoma

49 OK Stat § 49-115 (2014) - A. A notarial act has the same effect under the law of this State as if performed by a notarial officer of this State, if performed in another state, commonwealth, territory, district, or possession of the United States by any of the following persons:

1. a notary public of that jurisdiction; …

Okla. Stat. tit. 38, § 35 - Every acknowledgment must be under seal of the officer taking the same; and when taken in this state, it may be taken before any notary public, county clerk, clerk of the district court, clerk of the county court, or county judge; and when taken elsewhere in the United States, or United States possessions, or Canada (including Newfoundland), it may be taken before any notary public, clerk of a court of record, or commissioner of deeds duly appointed by the Governor of the state for the county, state or territory where the same is taken; and when taken in any other foreign country, it may be taken before any court of record or clerk of such court, or before any Consul of the United States, provided, that acknowledgments relating to military business of the state may be taken before an officer in charge of any summary Court-Martial appointed under the provisions of Section 157, Title 44, Oklahoma Statutes, 1941, a certified copy of whose appointment is placed of record in the office of the Secretary of State by the Adjutant General.
 

Oregon

Or. Rev. Stat. § 194.255 – Notarial acts in this state

(2) Notarial acts performed under ORS 194.260, 194.265, 194.270 or 194.275 have the same effect as if performed by a notarial officer of this state.

Or. Rev. Stat. § 194.260 – Notarial act in another state

(1) A notarial act performed in another state has the same effect under the law of this state as if performed by a notarial officer of this state, if the act performed in the other state is performed by:

(a) A notary public of the other state; …
 

Pennsylvania

57 Pa. C.S. § 311 - Notarial act in another state

A notarial act performed in another state has the same effect under the law of this Commonwealth as if performed by a notarial officer of this Commonwealth if the act performed in that state is performed by any of the following:

(1) A notary public of that state;…
 

Rhode Island

R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-30.1-10 - Notarial act in another state

(a) A notarial act performed in another state has the same effect under the law of this state as if performed by a notarial officer of this state, if the act performed in that state is performed by:

(1) A notary public of that state;…

South Carolina

S.C. Code § 26-1-120 – Notarial certificate

(G)  A notarial certificate made in another jurisdiction is sufficient in this State if it is made in accordance with federal law or the laws of the jurisdiction where the notarial certificate was made.

S.C. Code Ann. §§ 26-3-20 - "Notarial acts" defined; notarial acts performed outside of State

Notarial acts may be performed outside this state for use in this state with the same effect as if performed by a notary public of this state by the following persons authorized pursuant to the laws and regulations of other governments in addition to any other person authorized by the laws of this state:

(1) A notary public authorized to perform notarial acts in the place in which the act is performed; …

South Dakota

S.D. Codified Laws § 18-5-3 - Officers permitted to take acknowledgment within United States

The acknowledgment of any instrument may be made without the state but within the United States or a territory or insular possession of the United States or the District of Columbia or the Philippine Islands and within the jurisdiction of the officer, before ...

(3) A notary public; …

S.D. Codified Laws § 18-5-15 - Acknowledgment recognized if valid where executed

Notwithstanding any provision in this chapter contained the acknowledgment of any instrument without this state in compliance with the manner and form prescribed by the laws of the place of its execution, if in a state, a territory or insular possession of the United States, or in the District of Columbia, or in the Philippine Islands, verified by the official seal of the officer before whom it is acknowledged, shall have the same effect as an acknowledgment in the manner and form prescribed by the laws of this state for instruments executed within this state
 

Tennessee

Tenn. Code Ann. § 66-22-103 - Acknowledgment in other states or territories

If the person executing the instrument resides or is beyond or without the limits of the state, but within the union or its territories or districts, the acknowledgment may be made:

(1)   Before any court of record, or before the clerk of any court of record; or, before a commissioner for Tennessee, appointed by the governor; or before a notary public authorized there to take proof or acknowledgments; …
 

Texas

Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code Ann. § 121.001 - Officers Who May Take Acknowledgments Or Proofs

(b) An acknowledgment or proof of a written instrument may be taken outside this state, but inside the United States or its territories, by:

(3) a notary public; …

Tex. Gov’t Code Ann. § Sec. 602.003 - Oath Made Outside Texas But Inside United States

An oath made outside this state but inside the United States or its territories may be administered and a certificate of the fact given by:

(3) a notary public; …
 

Utah

Utah Code Ann. §§ 57-2a-3 - Persons authorized to perform notarial acts

(2) The following persons authorized under the laws and regulations of other governments may perform notarial acts outside this state for use in this state with the same effect as if performed by a notary public of this state:

(a) a notary public authorized to perform notarial acts in the place where the act is performed; …
 

Vermont

Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 26 § 5374 - Notarial act in another state

(a) A notarial act performed in another state has the same effect under the law of this State as if performed by a notary public of this State, if the act performed in that state is performed by:

(1) a notary public of that state;…

 

Virginia

Va. Code, Section 47.1-13.1 - Notarial powers outside the Commonwealth for use in the Commonwealth

A. Notarial acts may be performed outside the Commonwealth for use in the Commonwealth with the same effect as if performed by a notary public of the Commonwealth by the following persons authorized pursuant to the laws and regulations of other governments in addition to any other person authorized by the laws and regulations of the Commonwealth:

1. A notary public authorized to perform notarial acts under the laws of that jurisdiction; …

 

Washington

Wash. Rev. Code Ann. §§ 42.45.090 - Authority to perform notarial act

(1) A notarial act performed in another state has the same effect under the law of this state as if performed by a notarial officer of this state, if the act performed in that state is performed by:

(a) A notary public of that state; …

West Virginia

W. Va. Code §§ 39-4-11 - Notarial act in another state

(a) A notarial act performed in another state has the same effect under the law of this state as if performed by a notarial officer of this state, if the act performed in that state is performed by:

(1) A notary public of that state.

Wisconsin

Wisconsin Statutes, Chapter 140

140.11  Notarial act in another state

(1)  A notarial act performed in another state has the same effect under the law of this state as if performed by a notarial officer of this state, if the act performed in that state is performed by any of the following:

(a) A notary public of that state; …

 

Wyoming

Wyoming Statutes - Section 34-26-104 - Notarial acts in other jurisdictions of the United States

(a) A notarial act, including the acknowledgment of any deed, mortgage or conveyance, has the same effect under the law of this state as if performed by a notarial officer of this state, if performed in another state, commonwealth, territory, district or possession of the United States by any of the following persons:

(i) A notarial officer of that jurisdiction; …
 

A Brief Summary of RON

Thanks to Remote Online Notarization (RON), a notarial act is executed more effortlessly. Online notarization replaces traditional notarization, eliminating the need for a physical meeting with a Notary.

With online notarization, the signer and Notary use audio/visual technology to meet remotely to complete the remote notarization transaction over the Internet rather than being physically in the same room. Online notaries are subject to the same rules and regulations as traditional notaries. This ensures that documents are notarized legally and ethically. 

This is not to be confused with electronic notarization (eNotarization) or mobile notarization services. These types of notarization still require the signer to physically appear before the Notary at a specified location. Yet with electronic, the signatures are electronic, whereas, with mobile, the Notary travels to you to perform the service.

Online notary services are also more secure than traditional notary services. They use multiple layers of validation and encryption technologies to protect sensitive information. This ensures the security and validity of your documents.  

This goes along with NotaryLive's KBA Questionnaire during your online notarization process. After verifying your license/passport/ID, etc., you will be asked a series of 5 questions about your identity and you must get 4 out of 5 correct. This further validates you are who you say you are. 

How NotaryLive Works

NotaryLive is an online notary public that allows you to remotely notarize documents whenever and from wherever you need to. You can notarize documents from other states if you live in the state where you're licensed as a notary.

With NotaryLive, you can easily upload your documents and connect with a certified online notary via your audio-visual technology hardware. 

You can get a notary to verify your identity and sign your document without going out of your house or workplace. This beneficial process will save you time, money, and convenience.

With this software, notaries from various states can conveniently notarize your documents.

In simpler terms, all you have to do to notarize a document through NotaryLive is. . . 

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