Securing and Enabling Commerce Using Remote and Electronic Notarization Act of 2021
Official title: A bill to authorize notaries public to perform, and to establish minimum standards for, electronic notarizations and remote notarizations that occur in or affe… Show full official titleShow less
Official title: A bill to authorize notaries public to perform, and to establish minimum standards for, electronic notarizations and remote notarizations that occur in or affect interstate commerce, to require any Federal court to recognize notarizations performed by a notarial officer of any State, to require any State to recognize notarizations performed by a notarial officer of any other State when the notarization was performed under or relates to a public Act, record, or judicial proceeding of the notarial officer's State or when the notarization occurs in or affects interstate commerce, and for other purposes.
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Securing and Enabling Commerce Using Remote and Electronic Notarization Act of 2021
This bill allows a notary public commissioned under state law to remotely notarize electronic records and perform notarizations for remotely located individuals. The bill provides technical requirements for such notarizations, including the creation and retention of video and audio recordings and the use of communication technologies (i.e., video chat).
Additionally, the bill requires U.S. courts and states to recognize notarizations—including remote notarizations of electronic records and notarizations of remotely-located individuals—that occur in or affect interstate commerce and are performed by a notary public commissioned under the laws of other states.
The bill also allows a notary public to remotely notarize electronic records involving an individual located outside of the United States, subject to certain requirements.
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1625: Securing and Enabling Commerce Using Remote and Electronic Notarization Act of 2021. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-1625/
"S. 1625: Securing and Enabling Commerce Using Remote and Electronic Notarization Act of 2021." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-1625/.
S. 1625, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-1625/.
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