Virginia e-Notary Public

07/03/2026

Special invite for all my RON friends - while you don't need it, a refresher is good, and if you know new VA Notaries - tell them about it!

July 9th at 7 I will be presenting for the Virginia Association of Notaries on the eight certificates out on the website - for FREE.

We will talk about the "non-standard" certificates and make sure you can find them on the site.

We will cover:

Antecedent Proofing - what it is and how to use it

Elder IDs

What a Credible Witness is - how many, and when to use them!

https://vanotaryassoc.org/calendar/

01/26/2026

This change may negatively impact recission dates on loan documents. Please check with the company that assigns you the order if you have questions or concerns!

Mailing something on time may no longer mean what it used to.

01/08/2026

CALL TO ACTION – Virginia Notaries – now is the time to stand up and be heard. There is a Bill processing through the Virginia General Assembly that will remove our ability to notarize a document using “Personally Known” as a form of ID. We need to speak up to our legislators to stop the forward movement of that single point in this Bill.
https://legiscan.com/VA/text/HB163/2026
In 2021 (during the worst of the COVID epidemic) a close friend of mine experienced a family tragedy. Her 24 year old son had been shot by his roommate, leaving him with 13-15 bullet holes. Fairfax County EMTs arrived rapidly, and life flighted him to Innova hospital in Reston. Unfortunately, in order to triage the bleeding before the flight, they had cut his clothing from his body, and no form of ID was brought with him. Obviously, his roommate was arrested and jailed.
My friend was unable to access his apartment, as she was not on the lease, and the Leasing Office (rightfully so!) would not grant her access. She couldn’t provide insurance information, contact his employment or Union Rep, manage his vehicle - simply couldn’t manage any of his affairs without a notarized PoA. Options were limited, it would HAVE to be performed by a notary who personally knew him. During COVID.
We requested that the medical staff withhold his pain meds for one hour beyond the next dose period, and I went to the hospital and performed the notarization. He has since fully recovered, bought a home, gotten married and is a new father, but the story could have been significantly different!
Write your Congressional Representative and House Delegate an email today, and ask them to require modification to that Bill to allow Virginia notaries to continue to use “Personally Known to the Notary” as an Identity Proofing process.
Here is the link where you can find the legislators that represent you: https://whosmy.virginiageneralassembly.gov

Bill Text (2026-01-06) Notarization, filing, and recordation of certain land records; duties of notary or settlement agent; acknowledgement and satisfactory evidence of identity; requirements for commission or recommission of notary; clerk of circuit court to establish property alert notification sy

01/05/2026

A new loan type to be on the look out for - these loans are not very good for the borrower - and while we can't tell them that - we CAN determine if we want to be involved in it.

HEAs may seem simple, but the devil is in the details.

01/02/2026

This is worth asking the question of the Title Company if you get a doc set with a recission notice in it. Previously a "business day" was determined by whether or not the mail ran, and the postmark was the legally binding date to determine if it was sent in time. What will they use now?

The U.S. Postal Service is changing the postmark process. For decades, the postmark used to show when mail was accepted by the post office, but now the postmark will reflect the date an envelope is first processed by an automated sorting machine and not the drop-off date.