RON State-by-State: Where Remote Online Notarization Is Permitted

Over 45 states now permit Remote Online Notarization. Here's where it's legal, where it's pending, and which states still hold out.

As of 2025, RON is permanently permitted in over 45 U.S. states. Virginia was first (2012), followed by Texas, Florida, and a wave of pandemic-era enactments.

Notable exceptions: California allows RON only through narrow pilot programs. South Carolina restricts RON to specific document types. Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Mississippi have limited or pending statutes.

The notary's commission state controls — a Texas-commissioned RON notary can notarize for a signer located anywhere in the world, but the document's acceptance is governed by where it will be used (county recorder, lender, court).