After reading the Washington rules I linked in my earlier post, and the Washington law about journals at
http://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=42.45.180
I think that a few of Sue's comments don't really apply to Washington.
1. Washington's rules have this definition:
'"Electronic notarial certificate" means the part of, or attachment to, an electronic record that is completed by the notary public, contains the information required under RCW 42.45.130 and the notary's official stamp, bears that notary's electronic signature, and states the facts attested to by the notary in a notarization performed on an electronic record.'
So there isn't one electronic notarial certificate that the notary or platform provider has stored somewhere and uses over and over again; each record that gets notarized has it's own electronic notarial certificate.
As for the journal, the Washington law at http://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=42.45.180 allows the tangible (that is, paper) journal to be used for electronic notarial acts. |
