Virginia remote notarization guidance note
Last reviewed: 2026-05-11

The original Virginia Governor / Secretary of the Commonwealth PDF URL that circulated for the remote notarization guidance memo was returning Not Found when reviewed for this site.

Former official URL:
https://www.governor.virginia.gov/media/governorvirginiagov/secretary-of-the-commonwealth/pdf/notary/Notarization-Guidance-Memo.pdf

Notary Geek uses this note so the public page does not point readers to a dead file.

Key relevance:
- The guidance memo was used as support for the point that the Virginia online notary, not the platform, remains responsible for choosing the vendor and determining whether the vendor meets Virginia requirements.
- That point should be read together with the Virginia Electronic Notarization Assurance Standard, which says the Secretary of the Commonwealth will not render an opinion or determination on whether a particular system or technology is compliant.

Working secondary-source mirror reviewed by Notary Geek:
https://www.fairfaxbar.org/assets/docs/ethics/legal-ethics-uploads/opinion1858/related/virginia-remote-notarization-guidance.pdf

Primary related Virginia source that is currently live:
https://www.commonwealth.virginia.gov/media/governorvirginiagov/secretary-of-the-commonwealth/pdf/VAe-NotarizationStandard2013Version10.pdf