I'm in Denmark right now, and we need to notarize documents, the notary public is closed for anything that is not a business (which seems pretty unfair). So I looked for online notary services and it doesn't seem like I can find any EU ones, I suppose there must be a reason (like an EU ruling making it not worthwhile etc.)
my next idea was - build online notary service, but on the blockchain! Because this is the one time that I thought on the blockchain might actually make sense. Although I was more thinking about verifying the people who provide the documents, not the documents themselves.
In the US, individual states had to affirmatively enact law to allow it. Virginia was the first, which I recall as they were the only place I could find one back around 2010 for a transaction. There are still only a few, slowly increasing.
In the UK, I believe they are only authorized within the City of London (=/= “London”). But it looks like they can do “international” documents.
The gripping hand here is whether your receiving party will accept an online notarized doc even if you can get it done. Best to confirm that first.
Notaries are not required in the United States. 28 USC 1746 provides an alternative. Bureaucrats will, initially at least, kick and scream, but once they (or their legal counsel) read the statute, they acquiesce.
Very good question.
Probably because an online service that lets you sign documents electronically and keeps these documents in a public repository is so simple these days that would make evident that many notary services are not needed anymore
European notary is responsible for veryfing authenticity of all documents provided by his clients. And he is liable in case he makes a mistake.
http://www.notaries-of-europe.eu//index.php?pageID=191
https://www.mdpryke-notary.com/2010/03/uk-notaries-public-%E...