Comments on: Editorial: Notarize Is Not The Right Answer

By: Locality | Letters Blogatory

Locality | Letters Blogatory — Sun, 10 Nov 2024 16:31:06 +0000

[…] super-interesting, but why am I writing about it? For the same reason I wrote about a Virginia law allowing Virginia notaries to take oaths and acknowledgements from people outside of […]

By: Massachusetts Readies for Remote Notary Practice | Letters Blogatory

Massachusetts Readies for Remote Notary Practice | Letters Blogatory — Fri, 24 Apr 2020 19:25:30 +0000

[…] remotely during the state of emergency the Governor declared during the pandemic. I am on record here at Letters Blogatory as generally opposing such laws for a variety of reasons, but in the […]

By: Apostille Convention Special Commission | Letters Blogatory

Apostille Convention Special Commission | Letters Blogatory — Mon, 31 Oct 2016 10:04:36 +0000

[…] to note and discuss the problems created by laws such as the Virginia notarial law that I discussed in a recent post on Notarize, Inc. Are the states party to the Convention okay with apostilles affixed to affidavits or other public […]

By: Ted Folkman

Ted Folkman — Tue, 18 Oct 2016 17:29:58 +0000

Worth noting: The Massachusetts General Court (our legislature) just enacted a new statute that defines both acknowledgments and jurats to require the signer to appear at a single time and place in person before the notary. See St. 2016, c. 289, § 3. These requirements were already part of Executive Order 455, which has now been rescinded in light of the new statute. But it is noteworthy in light of Virginia's law that the legislature here has reaffirmed the traditional practice.