In the elder law practice, the signing of estate planning documents such as the power of attorney, trust or deed before a notary can be challenging. Given the age of clients, mobility issues, and the difficulty of travel, many clients are unable to come into the attorney’s office for the notarization.
With electronic legal research the norm and electronic filing mandatory in many cases, it should come as no surprise that the role of the notary is also subject to Internet innovation. The Commonwealth of Virginia has enacted legislation that allows its notaries to act outside of Virginia and also allows remote electronic notarization. In combination, these two changes portend a significant change to notarization in New York.
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