Governor J. B. Pritzker, through COVID-19 Executive Order No. 14
signed March 26, 2020, has approved Remote Notarization in Illinois
for as long as the Gubernatorial Disaster Proclamation of March 9,
2020 is in place. The temporary authorization will automatically
cease when the Gubernatorial Disaster Proclamation is rescinded.
The Illinois Secretary of State has published guidelines for the
use of Remote Notarization which, importantly, requires that both
the notary public and the signor must be physically present within
the State of Illinois at the time the Remote Notarization is
performed.
Remote Notarization may be accomplished via two-way, real time
audio-video communication that allows for direct interaction
between the notary and signor. As part of the Remote Notarization,
the signor must show the notary each and every page of the document
and the customer must initial each page to ensure that the document
is complete. The notary must be able to clearly read
