Usually "hybrid" means all documents to be notarized are printed and wet-signed. If so, there is no need for any DIGITAL NOTARY STUFF.
DIGITAL NOTARY STUFF depends on the state and may consist of some or all of the following:
* Making sure there is text (not pictures of handwriting) in the certificate with your name, title (notary public), commission expiration date, and commission number
* The above information, but calling it an electronic notary seal; no difference in how the certificate looks, just what you call the information.
* A picture that looks like a traditional paper notary seal
* A picture that looks like a handwritten signature (some states do not require this)
* What the public key cryptography nerds call a digital signature. This is a number, calculated in a special way. After it is put in the document, further mathematics can show if the document has been altered since the digital signature was placed, and it can be traced to the notary. Example from signed Microsoft Word document:
Iu9DlCNDAwbPMYaG5Hh4SgaaAsRiJMbJHuClyVnp6OwsklJs4Kafpymi9L6dOat8EL1q3oZeq/Zq qh0to5YncCpu+YnfkRnggODGIx7SKBtHlqD3LuqGT4ikYgma57rZt9gZ4uhWNdSj/ZLfuKoQsZ9M xjBXgg0IjG45S+FZ+oiaKLT7Hyj6ZCTn9ndckYYiLQa2B2bu7J4tXakPF97XX+Ac0BEMCZcDQzio /gdg1q+8wIDhBOP3+0nHWFbJa07HKiGy7KsaILYGG/5YzbIBTz74RHNkITocNAhUNNaPqPMaMFB9 wqWXf1uATBJDrxOBi5FJ9gMFg1aLhZOh2lE8bg== |
