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How You Can Notarize Documents Online in South Dakota with Secured Signing

With these newly implemented laws, South Dakota residents can now fully benefit from Secured Signing’s RON platform. This platform empowers you, the notary, to notarize electronic documents for individuals and businesses, all without the need for physical meetings.

Here’s how it works and what you need to know as a South Dakota notary:

• Virtual Connection: All you need is a secure internet connection, and you can conduct your notarial acts. You’ll meet with your signer via a live, online video session, just as if they were in the same room.
• Electronic Documents & Signatures: The core change is the ability to notarize electronic records. Signers will electronically sign their documents.
• Identity Verification: You’ll verify the identity of signers through secure methods, aligning with South Dakota’s requirements for identifying a remotely located individual (e.g., personal knowledge or two different methods of identity proofing). Secured Signing’s platform facilitates these robust identity checks.
• Electronic Notary Seal & Certificate: You’ll affix your electronic signature and electronic notary seal to the digital document, making it tamper-evident and legally sound according to South Dakota Codified Laws.
• Record Keeping: Critically, South Dakota law now requires you to keep an audio-visual recording of all electronic notarizations for at least ten years. Secured Signing’s platform handles this secure recording and storage for you, ensuring compliance. You’ll also maintain an electronic journal.

Fun Fact! Did you know that the actual faces on Mount Rushmore are about 60 feet tall? That’s a lot of rock! Just like those monumental faces, your digital notarizations will now have a monumental impact on efficiency!