This ruling is found repeatedly in court cases. The public official must have authority where the principal is located. A state official from state A has internal authority within the geographic boundaries of state A, but does not have external authority in state B, unless the authority is granted by state B.
For example, neighbors Montana and North Dakota have a reciprocal notary agreement. A Montana notary may notarize in North Dakota, and vice versa, only because each state has mutually approved that arrangement. But, Montana has approved remote notarization within its borders, North Dakota has not. So, Montana remote notarization does not extend to North Dakota, because it is not a reciprocal agreement.
States have sovereign rights of local government, beneath or concurrent with the federal government. One state cannot unilaterally claim that its officials have external government authority and impose that authority against the will of another state.
States also have different residency, training, testing, continuing education, bonding, oath of office, journal, stamp and criminal history requirements for notaries. A state with high standards for notaries may not want to have a reciprocal agreement with a state with lower standards. |
| Messages in this Thread |
|  RON: The Jurisdiction Problem - Matt Miller on 3/5/19 10:40am |
|  The Jurisdiction Problem - Signerbill on 3/5/19 11:14am |
|  <WHO promotes this stuff?? >> - BearPaw/CO on 3/5/19 11:31am |
| Re: RON: The Jurisdiction Problem - Luckydog on 3/5/19 11:46am |
| ICs will not be asked to do this. IT WILL GO TO BIG COMPANY - Lee/AR on 3/5/19 12:21pm |
|  Re: ICs will not be asked to do this. IT WILL GO TO BIG COMPANY -  SheilaSJCA on 3/7/19 12:07pm |
|  Re: ICs will not be asked to do this. IT WILL GO TO BIG COMPANY - Matt Miller on 3/8/19 9:22am |
|  I honestly think just the opposite Sheila.. - Linda_H/FL on 3/8/19 11:09am |
| This is very interesting. IMO the VA law should have been - MW/VA on 3/5/19 3:13pm |
| Oath Must be Administered Locally, Not Remotely - ABC Legal Docs, LLC - Jerry Lucas on 3/8/19 2:46pm |
| Re: Oath Must be Administered Locally, Not Remotely - Linda_H/FL on 3/8/19 3:46pm |
| Re: Oath Must be Administered Locally, Not Remotely - Matt Miller on 3/9/19 10:03am |
| Re: Oath Must be Administered Locally, Not Remotely - ABC Legal Docs, LLC - Jerry Lucas on 3/9/19 9:12pm |
| Re: Oath Must be Administered Locally, Not Remotely - JanetK_CA on 3/8/19 5:09pm |
| Re: Oath Must be Administered Locally, Not Remotely - Matt Miller on 3/9/19 10:02am |
 | Re: Oath Must be Administered Locally, Not Remotely - ABC Legal Docs, LLC - Jerry Lucas on 3/9/19 7:00pm |
| Re: Oath Must be Administered Locally, Not Remotely - Matt Miller on 3/10/19 10:19am |
| Re: Oath Must be Administered Locally, Not Remotely - ikando on 3/10/19 3:47pm |
