{"context":"https://schema.org","type":"CreativeWork","name":"Texas notary law and online notarization","url":"https://wyomingapostille.app/texas-notary-law.html","stateName":"Texas","slug":"texas","summary":"Texas Chapter 406 is the controlling source when the issue is a Texas traditional notary act, Texas online notary procedure, identity verification, tangible-document online notarization, or online oath and affirmation.","primarySourceName":"Texas Government Code Chapter 406","primarySourceUrl":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/docs/GV/htm/GV.406.htm","topics":[{"citation":"Tex. Gov't Code Chapter 406","label":"Base Texas notary statute","plainEnglish":"Chapter 406 governs Texas traditional notaries and Texas online notaries. Use it before relying on vendor summaries or private training material.","sourceUrl":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/docs/GV/htm/GV.406.htm","appliesWhen":["A Texas notary duty, seal, certificate, record, or authority question comes up","A Texas online-notary workflow needs to be checked against the law"],"guardrails":["Vendor material is context, not authority","Texas notary rules are separate from destination-country routing"]},{"citation":"Tex. Gov't Code s. 406.110","label":"Texas online-notary identity verification","plainEnglish":"Texas online notarization identity verification is statutory and uses personal knowledge or remote presentation with credential analysis and identity proofing.","sourceUrl":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/docs/GV/htm/GV.406.htm","appliesWhen":["A Texas online notary identity method is questioned","A platform workflow claims Texas compliance"],"guardrails":["Do not treat a video call alone as the whole legal requirement","Check current Texas SOS standards with the statute"]},{"citation":"Tex. Gov't Code s. 406.1103","label":"Tangible-document online notarization","plainEnglish":"Texas has a special procedure for online notarization of tangible paper documents signed with a physical signature.","sourceUrl":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/docs/GV/htm/GV.406.htm","appliesWhen":["The principal signs paper during a Texas online session","A document is not being signed electronically"],"guardrails":["Tangible-document timing and declaration requirements matter","Do not collapse this into ordinary e-signing"]},{"citation":"Tex. Gov't Code s. 406.1107","label":"Online oath and affirmation","plainEnglish":"Texas online oath and affirmation procedures have their own statutory section and should be checked before assuming a session covers the oath issue.","sourceUrl":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/docs/GV/htm/GV.406.htm","appliesWhen":["The document or process requires an oath or affirmation","A Texas online session is being used for sworn content"],"guardrails":["Oath procedure is not just a label on the certificate","The notary act must match what the document requires"]}],"sourceRules":["Use Texas Chapter 406 and current Texas SOS material for Texas notary questions.","Do not treat the NNA, seal vendors, platforms, or training summaries as the rulemaker.","Keep Texas notary-law questions separate from apostille and legalization routing."]}