REMOTE ONLINE NOTARY (RON)

Like traditional notarizations, RONs begin with the online Notary verifying the signer’s identity and ensuring the signer understands the document and is willing to sign it. The signer’s wet ink signature is replaced with an electronic signature, and the remote Notary’s physical stamp and handwritten signature are replaced with an electronic seal and digital certificate, respectively. 

In online notarizations, the signer personally appears before a remote Notary in real-time using audio-video technology. The Notary verifies the signer’s identity using traditional identity proofing methods with the addition of two steps unique to remote online notarizations: knowledge-based authentication (KBA) and credential analysis.

Once the online Notary verifies the signer’s identity, they complete the notarization with the attachment of an electronic Notary seal and digital certificate.