Posted by BrendaTx on 6/17/12 10:47am
Msg #423823

Virginia Notaries - As July 1 approaches...

and notarizing by webcam looms large, do you hear from your notary public administrator's office?

Reply by Linda_H/FL on 6/17/12 11:16am
Msg #423824

This should be interesting to see how it shakes out..

that "other service" who pushed webcam notarizations within the past year is rearing its head again

FL is clear - no exception to personal appearance.

Reply by A S Johnson on 6/17/12 11:37am
Msg #423827

Re: This should be interesting to see how it shakes out..

In Texas, NO Exception to Required Personal Apperance. If you are in The State of Texas needing to have a signature Notarize you MUST appear in person before a Noatry. No electronics permitted.

Reply by BrendaTx on 6/17/12 4:11pm
Msg #423834

Okay...just looking at Va. I'm aware that the rest of

the world is not on board with that. Thanks, though for the reminder that no other state will go for it.

Reply by Sandra Clark on 6/17/12 3:25pm
Msg #423830

I've heard absolutly nothing! Probably will never hear from our beloved (?) Notary Director on any issues that affect VA Notaries. Never intend to get involved in this in any way. The former head with XYZ is the one to spear head this terrible law along with the group here in VA that he works for. Think they will probably push the sale of the equipment to lawyers and whomever else they can. One big horrible mistake passing this law but I can guarantee you it will make fraud a lot easier, We'll see what happens...........Virginia is still a "good ole boys" type of government .

Reply by BrendaTx on 6/17/12 4:13pm
Msg #423836

Re: Virginia Notaries - Sandra...

*The former head with XYZ is the one to spear head this terrible law along with the group here in VA that he works for. Think they will probably push the sale of the equipment to lawyers and whomever else they can.*

I did not know that!

My guess is that the equipment will be very pricey and only large companies will have access to it. I don't see lawyers embracing this. They don't want to spend money on something that is not necessary.

Reply by GOLDGIRL/CA on 6/17/12 5:13pm
Msg #423845

<<Virginia is still a "good ole boys" type of government>>

.. and what state isn't? LOL

Reply by CopperheadVA on 6/17/12 4:12pm
Msg #423835

Agree with what Sandra said. Here in VA we are responsible for checking the website on July 1st for an updated notary handbook or any other postings. Thing is, they don't always have it posted by July 1st. :/ I personally have no plans to become an electronic VA notary.

Reply by Linda_in_MI on 6/17/12 4:39pm
Msg #423841

Having said that, I'm curious

I haven't kept up on the details of this legislation, other than what was discussed when it was first proposed. But I'm curious . . . do you anticipate any change your volume of business because you aren't jumping on the bandwagon with this?

Reply by BrendaTx on 6/17/12 7:39pm
Msg #423852

I predict this to be hardly noticeable to NR crew.

This will be used by the feds in Arlington, I'll betcha.

Reply by MW/VA on 6/17/12 8:53pm
Msg #423858

I'm in complete agreement with you, Brenda. I've thought

all along that the electronic application will be for gov/military use primarily.
It won't affect us who do traditional notary work at all. It is a separate entity.

Reply by VT_Syrup on 6/17/12 9:52pm
Msg #423864

I wonder who is behind it.

The people who will try to use it and try to make money from it will be the ones who shoved it through the legislature. I doubt very much the feds pushed for it, but it might be a group that hope to sell something to the feds. Or maybe they hope to sell to the mortgage industry. But there is no guarantee they will succeed; electronic notarization laws that favored certain technologies passed in Utah and went nowhere.

Reply by Pro Mobile Notary on 6/18/12 3:50pm
Msg #423913

I can see where our service will turn down any requests to do webcam remote signings in VA.

I foresee too many liabilities lurking around this type of notarization. There will likely be many lawsuits and we are not looking to be named in a lawsuit even if we did nothing wrong and our NSA did everything "by the numbers."

Reply by VT_Syrup on 6/18/12 5:10pm
Msg #423924

It would only apply to electronic notarizations (not just electronic signings) so I don't think there would be much call for it outside of some specialized in-house work. It seems that posters on this board collectively only do 100 or so esignings a year, and I have not heard of any board poster who has ever done an electronic notarization. And the chances of a notary from one state knowing how to electronically notarize a document so it can be recorded in another state are very slight.

Reply by ToniK on 6/18/12 6:05pm
Msg #423926

From what I read and understood is that all electronic notarizations using the audio visual conferencing equipment MUST be recorded and your electronic journal MUST be maintained for 5 years. So Im assuming with it being recorded that would cut down on fraud. But who knows.

Reply by NJDiva on 6/19/12 5:22pm
Msg #424022

Are electronice not's and webcam not's the same? n/m