In Msg #614412 MW/VA wrote
"I'm confused. Are you saying there's only one available, or the notary can use only one? The notary would only need one platform."
I'm not sure how many companies are offering RON platforms to FL notaries, but if there aren't more than one yet, I'm sure there will be several in the near future.
Signing up with a platform would be similar to a traditional notary who signs up with a site like Notary Rotary, or a title company, or a signing service. The more platforms you sign up with, the more business you're likely to get. If you sign up with one, and find yourself working flat out for as many hours a day as you can stand, then all you need is one. But if you sign up with one and are only getting a few signings a week, you'd want to sign up for more.
Keep in mind that the notary almost never chooses which platform gets used for a certain document. If it's general notary work, the signer might be the one to choose. Or the company that's receiving a document might tell the signer "we want you to use Notarize to get this notarized".
If, in the future, it's a real estate closing, the title company's systems might only work with one platform; if you haven't signed up with that platform, you won't be getting any business from that title company.
So if Florida only lets you sign up with one platform at a time, it shows they're clueless. And if the regulator is clueless, that means the whole country is at risk. |
