California residents can notarize online today. Your notary is commissioned in a state where remote online notarization is live, performs your session by secure video, and the notarization is recognized in California. No office visit, no travel fee — done in about 15 minutes.
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Two different questions get mixed up in almost every article about this.
A notary commissioned in a RON-enabled state can perform an online notarization for a signer located in California. The act is performed under that state's RON law, and notarizations are recognized across state lines under the Full Faith and Credit Clause — the same reason a document notarized on a trip to Nevada is valid back home. That is how United Online Notary works: our notaries sit in states where RON is live; our signers sit anywhere, including all of California.
California passed SB 696 in 2023, authorizing remote online notarization for its own notaries — but the law only works once the Secretary of State finishes building the platform, and the statute sets January 1, 2030 as the outside date. Until the platform launches, California notaries notarize in person, inside California, the way they always have.
So if you live in California and need something notarized today, you don't have to wait for 2030 — and you don't have to drive anywhere. You book with a service whose notaries are already commissioned for online work.
Identical to our standard session — because legally, it is one.
Choose a preferred time window and upload your unsigned document as a PDF. The team confirms your exact session time, and your secure video link arrives by email.
Scan your government-issued photo ID and answer a few identity-verification questions — about 2 minutes, meeting the notary state's RON security standard.
A commissioned notary confirms your identity live, watches you sign electronically, and applies the official digital seal and signature. The session is recorded and stored per state law.
Right after the session, your tamper-evident notarized PDF arrives by email. It's produced by a commissioned notary following state RON law, and any recipient can verify the seal and certificate. Whether a specific recipient accepts it depends on that recipient's requirements.
Most common in California: powers of attorney, affidavits, consent forms, and vehicle title paperwork.
When the SB 696 platform launches, every commissioned notary in California gains the ability to work online — and the services with a pool already built will take the market.
United Online Notary is recruiting California notaries now: join the pool, get set up on the platform, and be ready to take online sessions the day the state switches it on — no scrambling when it happens. In-person and signing-agent work through our sister service, United Travel Notary, is available today. For commissioning, renewals, and training, see the National Notary Association and the California Secretary of State's notary division.
The same flat rates, everywhere in California.
The legality questions, answered straight.