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Customer Alert - California Notaries Public Cannot Perform Notarial Services Online: Online webcam notarizations are
invalid and illegal activities for California notaries public.
California notaries public should beware of misleading information from private companies claiming to have legal online
notarization websites and legal online notarization services. Web-based platforms that purport to allow a person to submit copies
of identification over the Internet and to use a webcam in lieu of a personal appearance in front of a notary public (e.g.,
appearance via webcam) do not meet the requirements for notarization by California notaries public.
California notaries public are authorized under current law to perform electronic notarizations as long as all the requirements for a
traditional paper-based notarial act are met, including the use of a seal for all but two specific documents used in real estate
transactions. California law requires a person to appear personally before a notary public to obtain notarial acts like
acknowledgments or jurats. This means the party must be physically present before the notary public. A video image or other
form of non-physical representation is not a personal appearance in front of a notary public under California state law.
Technology solutions from private companies offering online notarial services do not meet the requirements for notarization by
California notaries public. The Commonwealth of Virginia is the only state in the United States that provides for legal web-based
notarization services.
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Note: I am not a licensed California Attorney, Lawyer or an Immigration Officer. State law prohibits me to give legal advice about
immigration or any other legal matters. As a Notary Public I cannot complete form for you and neither can I take an
acknowledgment on a document that is incomplete.
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