We are offering a free online electronic notary training course designed to explain the roles and responsibilities of electronic notaries, whether they perform notarial acts in person or through audio-video communication. This course will include topics such as:

• Identification of document signers through an electronic notary platform
• Electronic notarial fees
• Why digital certificates are needed for electronic notarizations
• Information that must be entered into the electronic notary journal
• A notary must meet certain requirements to perform a notarial act via audio-visual communication for a document signer outside of the United States
• The requirements of the electronic seal and signature
• How to handle a technological failure that makes electronic notarial acts ineffective or compromised