MYTH 1 – Remote online notarization can’t spot fake IDs
TRUTHS
- Provides notaries with online, database-driven identity verification tools that help vet the signers appearing before them
- Adds a layer of safety and security to the transaction that doesn’t occur in-person
- Notaries ask questions and use the ID photos captured during credential analysis
- Mobile notaries have had uncomfortable experiences with intimidating signers in unfamiliar places
MYTH 2 – Remote online notarization enables fraud
TRUTHS
- Remote online notarizations are more secure than traditional, in-person notarizations through a number of key security features
- Recorded video session
MYTH 3 – Remote online notarization can’t detect duress
TRUTHS
- Coercion isn’t limited to someone on the other side of a laptop
- No notary, remote or otherwise, has the power to detect duress, especially duress which occurs subtly and over time – such as family pressure – or duress which occurs away from the signing table, such as financial pressure or threats
- Best chance to prove that is by reviewing the session and looking for those subtle cues
MYTH 4 – Remote online notarization hinders law enforcement efforts
TRUTHS
- Every transaction is recorded and securely stored, and once the notary completes each document in a transaction, the document is tamper-sealed and cannot be altered.
- RON platforms allow you to review the tapes and the documents
- Paper notarizations are a security concern.
MYTH 5 – Anyone can conduct remote online notarizations
TRUTHS
- Notaries understand that there’s a process they must go through to earn their commission
- Number of security and record keeping standards that RON platforms must abide by to conduct business online
