Bipartisan voice vote brings federal legislation of RON closer to reality. Mortgage industry organizations were celebrating Monday after the U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation to allow ...

In real estate transactions, any document intended to be recorded needs to be notarized. Until recently, in most jurisdictions that meant the signer and notary had to be physically present together.

Transamerica Wednesday announced the enhancement of retirement plan participants’ online experience by offering a new way to notarize a number of documents without leaving the comfort and safety of ...

Remote online notarization (RON) continues to stake its claim as a critical innovation for real estate professionals and homebuyers, opening the door for faster closings and largely eliminating the ...

STATEWIDE — Remote notarization is back. It was a law that was passed temporarily during the COVID-19 pandemic that was popular amongst attorneys, and now it has been made permanent. New York has ...

Digital signature powerhouse DocuSign plans to integrate remote online notary services into its core suite of products after announcing an agreement Tuesday to acquire Liveoak Technologies of Austin, ...

State-level credit union groups are calling on their legislatures to expand permissions for the usage of remote notarization as the pandemic drags on. Many states instituted those rules on a temporary ...

The Internal Revenue Service has released guidance temporarily allowing remote signatures and notarization via live videoconferencing platforms on retirement plan elections for certain retirement plan ...

On Dec. 22, 2021, Gov. Kathy Hochul authorized remote online notarization in New York. This article discusses the significant data privacy questions that must be addressed as we navigate through this ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WREX) — The Illinois Secretary of State's office is launching a new Electronic Notary system that allows residents to notarize documents remotely. This system, also known as ...

The way people go about their daily routines has changed. With various levels of social distancing restrictions in place for most, everything from grabbing a morning cup of coffee to going to the ...

The basic steps of a remote online notarization are equivalent to a paper-based, in-person action, but the tools used are all digital. (Courtesy of the National Notary Association) Perspective by ...