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Posted by  VT_Syrup on 9/2/15 7:07am
Most US states allow courts and state agencies to accept notarizations performed by a foreign notary in a foreign country without having to get authentications or apostilles, as long as the kind of officer who did the notarization is listed in a recognized list. (I get the impression that lots of foreign countries are not so lenient, otherwise why would there be so many questions about apostilles for university degrees or adoption paperwork?)
So why not just outsource it to India, or some Caribbean island that is willing to pass the necessary legislation, similar to Virginia's? No more need for US notaries; just have a Web chat with an offshore notary. I see nothing to stop this from happening today. If the states don't want this, they need to pass legislation requiring apostilles or authentications for documents that are to be recorded in the land records or introduced in court, and stating clearly that an oath or acknowledgement requires personal appearance in the traditional sense, and any purported oath or acknowledgement administered without personal appearance is a nullity, no matter what the other state or country's law says. |
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