Florida Statutes, Section 668.50, has authorized this for FL notaries - and maybe some notaries have found a demand for this, especially those in more densely populated areas or those in corporate settings. I have never had a request or a use for it. However, personal appearance is still mandatory in the state of Florida.

I just wish this poster for DocVerify, along with all the good promotional comments about the company and its services, would be a bit more up front about the fees involved in their product, which when you look at the website you'll see can be very very pricey.

JMO

@Geber wrote:

It is not at all evident, from looking at the web site, how the DocVerify system would work. It would be interesting to know which state DocVerify thinks allow electronic notarizations.

Geber,

A list of the states where our service can be found here:
https://www.docverify.com/Products/ENotaries/tabid/196/Default.asp x"> https://www.docverify.com/Products/ENotaries/tabid/196/Default.aspx

@LindaH/FL wrote:

I just wish this poster for DocVerify, along with all the good promotional comments about the company and its services, would be a bit more up front about the fees involved in their product, which when you look at the website you'll see can be very very pricey.

Linda,

Actually, we've done everything in our power to keep the costs to individuals like yourself as low as possible without compromising our high level of service. Please keep in mind, that with our service there is no need to buy expensive hardward or software. With other services you may also be required to buy pricey digital certificates every year which could also add up very quickly as well. DocVerify is literally a pay as you go service.

There is a $99.95 setup which is used to activate, validate, and protect each notary. Our service starts at only $16.95/month, and that comes with 40 documents per month, that's about 42 cents per document with no limits as to the number of pages; whereas, most other providers will not only make you buy their hardware and software, but will charge you an arm and a leg on a per page basis. In some states, you can charge up to $10 per signature for e-notaries, and our service allows up to five signatures per document. So, using our system you can easily make up to $400/month if the documents only require one signature.

In addition to all of that, we securely vault the documents for you using our state of the art encryption technologies, we update the digital certificates for free, our proprietary technology makes the documents tamper proof, there are complete audit trails, certificates that you can print out, free inclusion in our notary directory, as well as many other features. We also have a system in place where companies such as escrow or title companies can request to have you e-notarize a document for them without the need of mailing documents or emailing them back and forth, all within our system quickly and efficiently at no extra cost. You get all of this at our low monthly rates.

Plus our system can be used from anywhere at anytime, from most browsers without having to lug anything around. Please feel free to contact us at anytime sales@docverify.com, and we'll be more than happy to answer any questions or concerns regarding our services.

DocVerify wrote:

A list of the states where our service can be found here:
https://www.docverify.com/Products/ENotaries/tabid/196/Default.aspx

No, there is no list of states on that page.

@Geber wrote:

DocVerify wrote:

A list of the states where our service can be found here:
https://www.docverify.com/Products/ENotaries/tabid/196/Default.aspx

No, there is no list of states on that page.

You have to scoll down towards the bottom to the section labeled "Legally Binding" on the page. There is a list of states there.

DocVerify, thanks. I notice that Vermont is listed as a state where electronic notarization is allowed, but does not seem to be one of the states supported by your site. I tend to agree that enotarization is legal in Vermont, because Vermont adopted the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act. The Vermont Secretary of State's page and the Vermont notary manual make no mention of enotarization, so while it's legal, there is no guidance on how to do it.

I think it's a reasonable business decision for your company to not support Vermont, since the main use of notarizations would be real estate and giving permission for minors to travel without parents. Neither immigration officials nor town clerks are prepared to receive electronic documents, so there is hardly any call for enotarization in Vermont.