Notarize Electronically Signed Document For Free

In layman's terms, no ? you cannot notarize an already signed document. You can notarize documents like power of attorney, wills, and affidavits. Ordinarily, you just need to sign a document in the presence of a notary, and you're good to go.

India is a signatory to the Convention on Abolishing the Requirement of Legislation for Foreign Public Documents (in short ?the Convention?) and based on this treaty India is bound to recognize a notarial act performed in any of the other signatory country.

Generally, documents required for Notarisation are: A duly-filled Application Form for Notarization/Attestation; Original and photocopy of the legal documents, Signed Covering Letter with attestation purpose and the list of the commercial attestation document from the Company of the applicant;

Electronic signatures are legally recognized in India and are provided for in the Information Technology Act, 2000 (?ITA?), the Indian Contract Act of 1872 (?ICA?) and the Electronic Signature or Electronic Authentication Technique and Procedure Rules, 2015 (?ESEATPR?).

Most often, e-signatures appear as an image of a physical signature. Electronic signatures are created online and applied to online documents. Instead of physically signing with a pen, you receive a request via email for your signature. All the ?signing? is done online.

A digital signature is unique to each document and offers more security by using a mathematical algorithm to validate the authenticity and integrity of an electronic document. A digitally notarized document solves the problem of tampering and is as legally binding as signing with a pen and paper.

Under Indian Law, a document needs to be notarized to be valid. Thus, a person has to be physically present in presence of a notary authorized by the central or state government.