California has 58 counties. Per that link, Amrock's RON is available in half of those counties.
"AMROCK'S CROSS-BORDER REMOTE ONLINE NOTARIZATION IS AVAILABLE IN 29 CALIFORNIA COUNTIES
eClosing is available in the following counties:
Alameda
Butte
Calaveras
El Dorado
Fresno
Los Angeles
Madera
Marin
Merced
Mono
Monterey
Napa
Nevada
Plumas
San Bernardino
San Diego
San Francisco
San Joaquin
San Luis Obispo
Santa Clara
Santa Cruz
Shasta
Solano
Sonoma
Tehama
Tulare
Tuolumne
Ventura
Yuba"
From CA SOS website:
"Posted October 24, 2023 - SB 696 (Portantino) Notaries Public - Remote Online Notarization (RON)
Senate Bill (SB) 696 implements the Online Notarization Act which authorizes California notaries to perform notarial transactions through the use of audio-visual communication, and online notarization platforms to provide platform services, and was signed into law by Governor Gavin Newsom on September 30.
The new law is set to commence on January 1, 2030. However, it will not take effect until the Secretary of State certifies that it has completed the technology project necessary to implement the new provisions."
http://www.sos.ca.gov/notary/customer-alerts
Not sure with this ... I was under the impression that not only was RON not authorized for California notaries but also was not an accepted form of notarization for any docs coming into or being used in California. I thought I'd read that somewhere prior to the implementation of SB696. Perhaps my (mis)understanding went away when SB696 was implemented??
Anyway, as things currently stand, California notaries cannot/may not perform RON until, at the earliest, January 1, 2030.
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