Running a remote notary business
2 comparisons, 5 guides, 4 tools
The commission is the start; the practice is everything around it. These pages take the order a one-person remote business tends to follow: the authority to notarize remotely, any training or exam, the bond and an E&O policy, a platform, and then the fees you may charge and how you bill them.
The comparisons cover E&O policies that say they reach remote acts and the scheduling and invoicing software built for notaries. The tools keep your own fees, sessions and dates in order, from the figures you enter.
The platform side of the practice is on the comparisons of RON platforms and notary software, and whether your state publishes a list of the platforms you may use is on the state RON platform lists.
Fig. 1Comparisons
- Notary E&O insurance for remote notaries, comparedWhich E&O policies say they cover remote online and electronic acts, read from the insurers' own pages.Checked
- Business software for notaries and signing agents, comparedScheduling, invoicing and order tracking built for notaries, by use case: solo, signing-agent volume, a small office.Checked
Tools
InvoicingNotary invoice templateInvoice your own notarial fees; a line above your state's cap is flagged.OpenReadinessRON readiness checklistYour state's steps before a first remote act, ticked off one by one.OpenFeesNotary session fee ledgerLog your sessions and fees; the ledger totals them and flags any line over the state's cap.OpenCommissionOnline commission and certificate term checkCheck that your digital certificate does not expire before your commission does.Open
Guides
- Notary bond vs E&O insuranceWhat the state-required bond protects, what E&O protects, and whether a remote commission changes either.
- How to become a remote online notaryThe common path from commission to first remote act, each step linked to its state page.
- How to start a remote notary businessThe order of operations for a one-person remote notary business, from authorization to invoicing.
- Remote notarization fees by stateWhat each state lets a notary charge for a remote act, a copy and a technology fee, from the statute.
- Remote online notary training by stateWhich states require RON training or an exam before you notarize remotely, and who provides it.
Other sections
- RON platformsRemote online notarization platforms read against what your state's rule asks of a platform.
- State rules and approved listsEach state's own approved-platform list and the rules a remote notary works under, dated.
- Journals, records and e-sealsThe electronic journal, the session recording, the digital certificate and the e-seal you keep.