In California, notaries public are commissioned and appointed by the Secretary of State. Notaries public have certain responsibilities that are specified by the Law of California. Their duties include verifying the identity of signatories on legal documents, notarizing documents for apostilles, performing livescan fingerprinting, and offering more services to make money as a notary public. … Read more

The idea of Securing and Enabling Commerce Using Remote Electronic Notarization was introduced in 2020. In February 2023, a bill to do so was reintroduced to the House for the third time and was signed by 29 cosponsors from both parties. On February 27, 2023, the House passed H.R. 1059, the Securing and Enabling Commerce … Read more