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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
A Notary is a person of proven integrity appointed by the government to serve the public as an impartial witness in to the identity of a person who is signing a document by administering an oath and/or affirmations, and performing other acts authorized by law.
To deter identity theft and fraud. A Notary ensures that the signers of documents are who they say they are and not imposters. The Notary makes sure that signers have entered into agreements knowingly and willingly.
Since we are a mobile notary with no physical office, we can meet at any location convenient to you.
A mobile Notary Public is a notary willing to travel to the location of the client in order to fulfill his or her duties. A mobile Notary Public makes the process of notarizing documents a great deal easier for individuals or corporations to procure. Hiring a mobile Notary is essential for companies looking for notarized documents outside of regular business hours or locations.
As long as we have availability, we can be there as quickly as Arlington traffic will allow. For best results, appointments should be scheduled at least 24 hours in advance. We will make every attempt to honor any scheduling requests we can, but we cannot guarantee any appointment with less than 24 hours notice.
It is important to remember that a notary public is not licensed to practice law, prepare documents or provide any legal counsel. Their role is primarily that of an impartial witness to the signing of various documents and legal forms. While some attorneys are also notaries public, no one at Virginia VA Notary is a licensed attorney. As such, we cannot give legal advice of any kind.
In the Commonwealth of Virginia, notary publics cannot perform marriages.
An eNotary has the ability to digitally sign and notarize documents, but all parties to the notarial act must still be physically present in the same room as the notary, and ID verification must take place in person, not on the computer.
Upload a document to our secure servers, follow the prompt for our ID analysis and robust identity authentication process. Finally, meet with the commissioned notary public in a live video meeting to review, sign, and complete the notarization process for your documents. This includes the notary signing and attaching his or her seal to the document. After the 10 minute process is completed, your document will be available for download.
Yes. We can legally notarize documents online in all 50 U.S. states. All notaries on our platform are certified and fully commissioned in the state of Virginia.
Numerous states have passed laws authorizing their notaries to perform online notarizations. These online notarizations are accepted across the country due to a long-standing body of laws in each state that specifically provides for recognition and acceptance of out-of-state notarizations.
Virginia VA Notary utilizes two-point identification processes which incorporates knowledge-based identification or biometrics scanning, with live credential evaluation. Biometric forensic analysis performs facial scans in tandem with ID scanning. Knowledge-based identification (KBA) uses a series of 5 personal questions to verify the signer's identity, and credential verification uses visual and electronic analysis of the signer's physical ID to confirm their identity.
Virginia VA Notary accepts text and image formats as follows:
PDF, DOCX, PPTX and XLSX text formats
PNG, SVG, JPG, and TIFF image formats. Maximum document file size is 30 MB.
We are not allowed, by federal and state laws, to certify or notarize U.S. birth, marriage, death or naturalization certificates, or copies thereof, and any U.S. federal or state government documents that display a copying prohibition.
Most Every Document Is Acceptable
A better question is: what documents cannot be notarized on our platform?
We can accept most every document with the exception of the following:
- Any documents that are being submitted to a foreign embassy.
- Codicils & Testamentary Trusts
- Form I-9
While many states adhere to similar standards, every state has its own specific requirements for online document notarization.
Unfortunately, no. Under Virginia law, the choice of notarial certificate must be made entirely by you. We can show you the types of certificates available, but it must be you who decides which one to apply.
Yes we can accommodate multiple signers and if they are located in different locations.
Yes. We are 24 hours for remote online services, we do recommend you book your desired appointment time. All mobile notary and eNotary services are by appointment only.
No, we do not notarize real estate loan documents at this time.
Notorial ACTS
We provide you safe and secure notarization of the following notarial acts:
Acknowledgement
The Acknowledgment is typically performed on documents controlling or conveying ownership of valuable assets.
- Such documents include real property deeds, powers of attorney and trusts.
- For an acknowledgment, the signer must appear in person at the time of notarization to be positively identified and to declare (“acknowledge”) that the signature on the document is his or her own, that it was willingly made and that the provisions in the document are intended to take effect exactly as written.
Jurat/Oath/Affirmation
The Jurat is typically performed on evidentiary documents that are critical to the operation of our civil and criminal justice system.
- Such documents include affidavits, depositions and interrogatories.
- For a jurat, the signer must appear in person at the time of notarization to sign the document and to speak aloud an oath or affirmation promising that the statements in the document are true. (An oath is a solemn pledge to a Supreme Being; an affirmation is an equally solemn pledge on one’s personal honor.)
- A person who takes an oath or affirmation in connection with an official proceeding may be prosecuted for perjury should he or she fail to be truthful.
Verification of Fact
In Virginia, "Verification of fact" means a notarial act in which a notary reviews public or vital records to:
- (i) ascertain or confirm facts regarding a person's identity, identifying attributes, or authorization to access a building, database, document, network, or physical site or
- (ii) validate an identity credential on which satisfactory evidence of identity may be based.
Witnessing or Attesting a Signature
A credible identifying witness is a person who vouches for a signer’s identity. Essentially, a credible identifying witness serves as a human ID card.
- A credible identifying witness must personally know the signer. In some states, the witness must also know the Notary personally, or the witness must present an ID to the Notary.
- To perform a signature witnessing, the Notary must have the signer personally appear and provide satisfactory proof of identity. The signer must then sign the document in the Notary’s presence, and the Notary then completes the appropriate notarial wording.
- It is very important to be aware that a signature witnessing is NOT the same as an acknowledgment or jurat, though the acts are similar in some aspects.
- A signature witnessing is different from an acknowledgment in that it requires the document to be signed in the Notary’s presence.
- A signature witnessing is also different from a jurat because while both acts require the document to be signed in the Notary’s presence, a signature witnessing does not require the Notary to administer an oath or affirmation to the signer.
- Also, a signature witnessing is an official notarial act and is NOT the same as a Notary being asked to witness a document in a non-Notary capacity.
Certifying Affidavit or Deposition
An affidavit is a sworn or affirmed statement made before a notary public or any public official who has the authority to administer oaths.
- It is made under penalty of perjury.
- The notary must administer an oath or affirmation to the signer(s), witness the signing of the document, and certify the document with an official signature and seal.
- The notary must also complete a notarial certificate called a jurat, which is added to an affidavit to document when, where, and before whom the sworn or affirmed statement was made.
- Affidavits are often used when a witness who has personal knowledge relevant to an ongoing legal case cannot come to court to testify.
- A notarized affidavit is one in which you swear the content is true before a notary public.
Notarial Protest
A notarial protest is a formal statement in writing made by a notary under his seal of office, at the request of the holder of a bill or note.
- It is an attestation of a negotiable instrument (i.e. check, bill of exchange) that has been dishonored or unpaid for any reason.
- The Notary will make a declaration stating the document was presented to the bank for payment and was subsequently rejected by the institution.
- A notarial protest certificate is a document issued by a notary public that declares that a holder of a negotiable instrument has tried to get payment or acceptance from the person responsible for it, but the drawee refused or dishonored the instrument.
Notarial Protest
A notarial protest is a formal statement in writing made by a notary under his seal of office, at the request of the holder of a bill or note.
- It is an attestation of a negotiable instrument (i.e. check, bill of exchange) that has been dishonored or unpaid for any reason.
- The Notary will make a declaration stating the document was presented to the bank for payment and was subsequently rejected by the institution.
- A notarial protest certificate is a document issued by a notary public that declares that a holder of a negotiable instrument has tried to get payment or acceptance from the person responsible for it, but the drawee refused or dishonored the instrument.
Non-Notary Witnesses
If you need a witness to be present for signing legal documents and do not have one, no worries, we can provide a witness or witnesses for you.
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