Remote Online Notary Services
BECOME A RON TO EARN FROM HOME ON YOUR SCHEDULE
Becoming a Remote Online Notary (RON) allows you to complete notarizations conveniently from the comfort of your home, without you or your customers exposing yourselves to COVID-19. Remote notarization also allows you to work more efficiently, serve more customers, and reduces your expenses like printing and travel.
**NOTE** To become a Remote Online Notary, you must be an existing notary public in good standing, a civil-law notary appointed under chapter 118, or a commissioner of deeds appointed under part IV of chapter 721. If you are not a Florida Notary Public, CLICK HERE
RON Packages
Each package includes, as required by Florida State:
- $25,000 RON bond
- $25,000 E&O Insurance
- 2-hour online RON education training course
A la Carte
Bonds, E&O Insurance, and the training course can be purchased separately.
You must purchase the bond that will cover you throughout the remainder of your current commission.
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We recommend Notary Hub and SIGNiX. Click on their logos below to find out more and for a discount.
Need a RON Notarization?
The Application Process
- Signed bond (hand-written signature in blue or black ink)
- Signed and notarized application (hand-written signature in blue or black ink)
- Photocopy of your Commission Certificate
- Any additional documentation requested on the application
- Name of your RON service provider (NotaryHub)
- $10 registration fee payable by check or money order to the Florida Department of State
PLEASE NOTE: Your RON will expire with your current commission.
Frequently Asked Questions:
- You must be an existing notary public, a civil-law notary appointed under chapter 118, or a commissioner of deeds appointed under part IV of chapter 721. If you are not a Florida Notary Public, CLICK HERE.
- Complete the RON training course.
- Purchase a RON $25,000 notary bond and a separate $25,000 E&O insurance
- Partner with DocVerify, our RON service provider.
- Pay the $10 state registration fee
- Submit your application to the Department of State for approval.
If you have current $25,000 or more notary E&O, it will suffice.
For a SAMPLE application CLICK HERE
- Print and sign the Bond and application.
- Include the required documents. Please note that you MUST send a photocopy of your Notary Commission Certificate.
- Write the name of your RON service provider.
- Get your form notarized.
- Include an initial fee of $10 payable by check to the Florida Department of State.
- Mail the application to: Florida Department of State, Division of Corporations, PO Box 6327, Tallahassee, FL 32314 or in person or courier service to: 2415 North Monroe St., Suite 810, Tallahassee, FL 32303. There is an initial fee of $10 payable by check to the Florida Department of State.
To apply to be an online notary public, you must first have a contract with a company that will provide you with the technological support needed to perform online notarizations. This company must provide you with technology to:
- be used in attaching or logically associating an electronic notarial certificate, signature and seal to an electronic document
- be used in conducting identity proofing and credential analysis
- to store and maintain a recording of the video and audio conference of the online notarization session
- Introduction
- Remote Online Notary Definitions
- Part I - Qualifications and Requirements for Registration
- Part II - Technology
- Part III - Confirming Identity of the Principal
- Part IV - Authority to Perform Online Notarizations
- Part V - Relation to Other Laws
- Part VI - Qualifications
- Part VII - Performance of Notarial Acts
- Part VIII - Notarial Certifications and Jurats
- Part IX - Supervising the Witnessing of Electronic Records
- Part X - Document Management and the RON Service Provider
- Part XI - Final Information
We can notarize your application remotely for $25. If you'd like this service, please CLICK HERE to purchase the option.
If you've misplaced your Commission Certificate, you can order a new one from State. CLICK HERE to start the process.
