Lawmakers are being enticed and seduced by the proponents of RON promising simplicity and ease but forgetting about (or distracting from) the very purpose of a notarization to begin with.
At this point, if there's any chance left of putting the brakes on RON - at least until there are more safeguards and security in place - I believe it's going to require this being addressed on a national level in Congress. If any of you live in areas where your Representative or Senators sit on key committees that might have an interest in this type of an issue (such as Financial Services in the House, or in the Senate, Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, or possibly Commerce, Science and Transportation), please consider writing to them. I've already sent my Congressional Rep a letter, including a copy of the CA Assembly Judicial Analysis of the recent proposal here, which was very comprehensive.
BTW, I focused exclusively on the interests of the public-at-large in my letter, not my own interests, with the emphasis being on the purpose of notarizing a signature to begin with. The increased potential for fraud and the diminishing of what it means to have a document notarized, with the FL law referenced above being a great example, are issues that should be of interest to everyone who has a basic understanding of what a notarization means. A Senator or Representative - who's also an attorney - and who has ever had a notarized document be an issue in a court case, is the best possible target.
It may not do any good, but I figured it was at least worth a shot and I'll be able to say I tried.
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