AnalysisIllinois Governor J.B. Pritzker becomes the latest governor to issue an executive order temporarily allowing Illinois Notaries to perform remote online notarial acts. The order outlines specific rules which must be followed. Both the signatory and Notary must be located in Illinois during the signing. The audio-video technology must allow for contemporaneous interaction between the parties by sight and sound. The individual and Notary must attest to being physically located in Illinois at the time. Each page of the document must be shown to the Notary and initialed by the signatory on camera. The signatory must fax or electronically transmit the signed document to the Notary the same day and once the Notary has completed the notarization, the Notary must transmit the notarized document back to the signatory within 24 hours. The Notary may also repeat the notarization on the actual original document if it is mailed to the Notary within 30 days. The Notary would complete the notarization on the original using the date that the parties appeared before each other for the first notarization.
Read the executive order.
On April 30, 2020, the Governor reissued and extended the Order through May 29, 2020 by Executive Order 2020-33. The changes are noted in #6 above.
On May 29, 2020, the Governor extended these orders through June 27, 2020 by Executive Order 2020-39.