Posted by FGX/NJ on 3/31/11 4:03pm
Msg #378161

New VA webcam law

NotaryNow is already jumping the gun on this as it does not go into effect until July 2012.

http://www.tgdaily.com/business-and-law-features/55115-webcam-notarizations-get-the-legal-go-ahead

Also I don't think it meets the legal requirements of the law.
What say you VA Notaries

Reply by MikeC/NY on 3/31/11 4:49pm
Msg #378171

Based on what I've read about the new VA law, what he's saying and what that law will allow are two entirely different things. Not that it will stop him, of course...

Look on the bright side - it gets him out of NJ.

Reply by Shoshana/AZ on 3/31/11 4:52pm
Msg #378173

My jaw just dropped on the floor! n/m

Reply by Larry Adams on 3/31/11 5:34pm
Msg #378184

Re: New VA webcam law - California response

The California Secretary of State sent out a notice recently specifically PROHIBITING webcam signings, and reiterating that the person must actually be standing in front of the notary. In any case, I would have serious misgivings about a webcam notarization. You can't see who or what is standing behind the camera and what they're holding of the person in front of the camera. FAIL!

Reply by LKT/CA on 3/31/11 7:49pm
Msg #378206

Re: New VA webcam law - California response

My concern isn't who's in the room outside of the webcam view.....my major concern is how easy it would be to take one person's ID info and photoshop someone else's picture onto it, download *that* and the imposter appears on camera instead of the real person. Elder abuse will increase, particularly when you have a senior with dementia or physically unable to sign.

As it stands, if the senior is not cognizant and cannot sign (i.e. stroke or dementia patient), then the last alternative is conservatorship - which is through the courts and is probably quite costly. Well, the family member who has custody of the senior's ID can easily use the senior's ID info with an imposter's photo, who looks similar and have the imposter appear on the webcam and sign a power of attorney.....add family members to Deeds, or even quitclaim the senior from title to their own home.....have access to their financial accounts.....the list goes on and on.

This webcam notarization will open the door to imposters and elder abuse.

Reply by MW/VA on 3/31/11 8:14pm
Msg #378210

Horrors. I'm sure that means that they will be soliciting

VA notaries for their business. Ughhhh. For the fun of it, if I get a call from them, I think I'll tell them, "sure--and my fee is $500". LOL

Reply by Claudine Osborne on 3/31/11 9:13pm
Msg #378219

Re: charge

Just wonder how much they will charge for this and how much the notary will actually get? What are Notaries allowed to charge in VA?

Reply by MW/VA on 3/31/11 9:32pm
Msg #378223

Re: charge

I don't know that a fee structure has been established for e-notarization, which will be completely separate from commissioned Notary (maximum fee for that is $5/notarization).

Reply by CopperheadVA on 4/1/11 6:00am
Msg #378251

Re: charge

VA notaries who hold an electronic notary commission may charge up to $25 per e-notarization. I don't see how this kind of thing could work for anyone except a TC who is doing them in-house, since I doubt any of these companies will cough up the extra bucks for e-notarization packages closed by a mobile notary.

Reply by FGX/NJ on 4/1/11 7:42am
Msg #378254

87 such identification is confirmed by (a) personal knowledge, (b) an antecedent in-person identity proofing
88 process in accordance with the specifications of the Federal Bridge Certification Authority, or (c) a
89 valid digital certificate accessed by biometric data or by use of an interoperable Personal Identity
90 Verification card that is designed, issued, and managed in accordance with the specifications published
91 by the National Institute of Standards and Technology in Federal Information Processing Standards
92 Publication 201-1, "Personal Identity Verification (PIV) of Federal Employees and Contractors," and
93 supplements thereto or revisions thereof.

Does above quote from VA law mean that ID confirmation mus be A or B orC
or does it nean A and B or C ?

Reply by Linda_H/FL on 4/1/11 8:27am
Msg #378261

IMO it means A or B or C n/m

Reply by MW/VA on 4/1/11 8:35am
Msg #378264

Re: IMO it means A or B or C

IMO "c" is where this is headed.