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Remote notary services are possible for some documents

Preparation is important for signing Powers of Attorney

If you are a director of a company and wish to issue a power of attorney on behalf of a company, please remember to consider the authority under which you will be acting.

Quite a few people have rung me this week asking me to notarise a letter of invitation.

Remote notarisation has been made a whole lot easier by great bits of software that allow me not only to meet you but to identify you, organise your and my electronic signatures; and my application of my seal and stamp to your document; all without you having to leave your desk.

Electronic notary services are in their infancy. I am now able to offer the service of an e-apostille, meaning that I can arrange for the government to apply its stamp electronically.