Jamie Ellis' remote online notary source packet

Send the signing, identity and platform clues before the remote-notary question slows closing.

For agents and lenders: collect the online-notary source, signer path, identity-proofing and credential-analysis clue, digital certificate or seal issue, lender condition, county-record reference, title-commitment item and one process question in one reviewable handoff.

Audience and job

Make a remote-signing question easier to route.

A Texas remote-signing question can involve an online notary, identity proofing, credential analysis, an electronic seal, a digital certificate, a tangible document, signer location, lender instructions, title-commitment requirements, underwriter review and county recording. This handoff keeps the source trail together without deciding the file-specific result.

The useful handoff

Name the signer path, notary source, remote online notary clue, platform or provider, identity-proofing status if safe to share, digital certificate or seal issue, lender condition, county recording reference, title-commitment item and first process question. The signing platform, lender, underwriter, title commitment and county record still control their own answers.

Official sources

Use current Texas SOS, Government Code, county-record and TDI sources.

These sources were checked on October 13, 2026. They help frame the remote online notary packet, but they do not replace notary, lender, signing-platform, title, underwriting, attorney, county recording or legal review.

Texas Secretary of State online notary guide, read October 13, 2026

Start with the Texas online-notary source.

The Secretary of State explains that a Texas online notary is a commissioned Texas notary with authority to perform a remote notarization by audio-video conference. A useful handoff names the notary, signing path, signer location clue and document set without deciding whether remote signing is available for the file.

Read the official source ->
Texas Government Code Chapter 406, read October 13, 2026

Separate authority, procedure and document identity.

Chapter 406 includes the online-notary authority, two-way video and audio, identity-verification, electronic-seal, electronic-signature and tangible-document procedure concepts. Send the source trail; do not decide notary authority, signature sufficiency, recordability or legal effect.

Read the official source ->
Texas Secretary of State identity-proofing page, read October 13, 2026

Keep identity proofing and credential analysis visible.

The Secretary of State describes identity proofing and credential analysis as third-party procedures tied to online notarization. Preserve the provider clue, failed-or-passed status if safe to share, ID issue clue and signing-session question without collecting private identity numbers in a public form.

Read the official source ->
Texas Secretary of State digital-certificate page, read October 13, 2026

Name the digital certificate and seal clue.

The Secretary of State's digital-certificate page points to x.509 certificate and technology-assurance concepts for online notaries. A handoff can flag the certificate, seal, provider and tamper-evident clue without deciding platform compliance.

Read the official source ->
Collin County Land Recordings, read October 13, 2026

Tie any recording question to county-record references.

Collin County's land-recording page warns that online database results are not the complete official repository. Send any deed, affidavit, notarial certificate, instrument number, recording question and complete pages when available.

Read the official source ->
TDI Procedural Rule P-53, read October 13, 2026

Keep the handoff public, educational and referral-safe.

TDI P-53 permits legal promotional and educational activity that is not conditioned on referral of title-insurance business. This handoff offers public source organization only; it does not discount a title premium or provide a referral benefit.

Read the official source ->
What to send

Give each reviewer the signing and identity trail they can verify.

A remote online notary handoff does not need to decide recordability, identity, notary authority, platform compliance, lender acceptance, title, underwriting, insurability or legal effect. It needs enough source context for the right professional to identify the next step.

  1. Property address, county, transaction type, proposed closing date, signing location clue, signer availability, lender or underwriter remote-signing condition, title-commitment item and whether the first issue involves remote online notarization, wet ink, tangible document, recording, identity proofing, credential analysis or platform review
  2. Document set proposed for signing, notary name if known, traditional notary commission clue, online-notary commission clue, signing platform or provider clue, electronic-signature or wet-signature path and any required notarial certificate wording already supplied by a responsible source
  3. Identity-proofing and credential-analysis status if safe to share, ID issue clue, signer name mismatch clue, witness or credible-witness question, failed-session note and the reviewer who requested more information
  4. Digital certificate, electronic seal, tamper-evident document clue, session recording or record-retention question, lender instruction, county recording reference, instrument number, legal-description clue and complete pages rather than screenshots when possible
  5. One practical process question for the title team, lender, signing platform, notary, attorney, underwriter or county-record source before the file reaches funding or signing pressure
What to avoid

Keep private identity data and legal conclusions out of the first note.

  • Do not decide whether a remote online notarization, tangible-document procedure, electronic signature, electronic seal, digital certificate, credential analysis or identity proofing is valid, sufficient, compliant, recordable or legally effective.
  • Do not decide signer identity, capacity, authority, foreign-ID treatment, witness sufficiency, credible-witness sufficiency, lender acceptance, platform compliance, document enforceability, title effect or county recording acceptance.
  • Do not collect Social Security numbers, ID numbers, passport numbers, credential-analysis details, knowledge-based authentication answers, notary portal credentials, bank data, wire instructions or private signing-session recordings in the public form.
  • Do not promise remote closing availability, title coverage, underwriting acceptance, lender approval, funding, insurability, recording or a closing date.
TDI safety posture

No rate claim. No referral bargain. No remote-closing promise.

This public resource is available to anyone on the same terms. It is not conditioned on sending a closing to WG Title and it does not offer a rebate, discount, commission, gift or thing of value for a referral.

Prepared as a courtesy. This document is available to any real estate professional on the same terms and is not conditioned on directing a closing to WG Title.

WG Title provides title and escrow services, not legal advice. WG Law is a separate, independently operated company and any relationship with it is governed by its own engagement.

Read TDI Procedural Rule P-53 ->
D1-first conversion path

Send the property and the first remote-notary question.

This uses the existing closing-readiness form. The page URL, referrer, UTM fields and click IDs stay with the lead record, so the title team can see that the question came from this remote online notary source guide.

Do not paste wire instructions, bank account numbers, Social Security numbers, tax IDs, EINs, passport numbers, driver's license numbers, identity-proofing answers, credential-analysis details, signing-platform credentials, private signing-session recordings, privileged legal advice or private financial records into this form.

A source, five facts and one clear first question. We will tell you what to gather next.

Educational information only. Available on the same terms to everyone and not conditioned on directing a closing to WG Title. No quote, legal advice, underwriting decision or guaranteed closing date.