Georgia remote notary: no Georgia RON law yet, but you still have options

What happened to the Georgia RON bill

House Bill 289, captioned “Courts; remote online notaries public and remote online notarizations; provide,” was introduced on February 5, 2025. A news report on the House Judiciary Committee’s work says the committee passed it as amended on March 5, 2026, by voice vote, and that the amendment moved two implementation deadlines to 2027 so court clerks would have time to adopt standards.

That was as far as it went. The bill tracker BillTrack50 lists the last action as “House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute” on March 6, 2026, and marks the bill dead as of April 2, 2026. A Senate bill on electronic notarial and court services, SB 90, is also marked dead on the same date.

BillTrack50 is a secondary source. The Georgia General Assembly’s own bill pages did not load in a readable form when we checked in November 2026, so we are relying on the tracker for the status. If a new bill is filed in the 2027 session, we will update this page and the Georgia scorecard.

What a Georgia notary can do today

The Chatham County Clerk of Superior Court puts it plainly: the clerk of superior court in a person’s county of residence commissions notaries public for a four-year term. What a Georgia-commissioned notary may do, and the sources for it, are on the Georgia scorecard. For this page, the point is simple: with no Georgia RON law, a Georgia notary is not the person who will finish a video session for you.

Using a notary from another state

A person sitting in Georgia can still book a video session with a notary commissioned in a state that allows remote acts. That notary follows their own state’s law. In Tennessee, for example, an online notary must be physically in Tennessee, and the rule says the signer’s location does not limit the notary. In New Jersey, the statute lets the signer be in another state. The details are on Tennessee online notary and New Jersey remote notary.

The open question is always the receiving office. A video session is only useful if the office that gets your document takes it.

One Georgia office that says yes: the Department of Revenue

The Georgia Department of Revenue’s policy bulletin ADMIN-2025-03, issued May 28, 2025, says the Department will accept remote notarizations from notaries in states where the law permits remote notarization. It adds two limits: the document must be one that requires a notary, and it must be authorized by the Commissioner for remote notarization. The bulletin replaces ADMIN-2020-02 and does not apply to Motor Vehicle Division documents.

The rule behind it is Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. 560-1-1-.14. It describes a remote notarization as one performed in compliance with the laws of a state that permits it.

That is the Department of Revenue only. A county clerk recording a deed, a court, a bank, or a title company sets its own rule. Ask each one.

Which product to use in Georgia

Booking a house call is covered on mobile notary services. What a video session is like is on how a remote online notary works.

Documents to keep in the room

Some documents are a poor fit for a video session even where it is allowed. A will in many states needs witnesses present, covered in can a notary notarize a will. A power of attorney may need witnesses too, covered in how to notarize a power of attorney. If a Georgia county records your deed, ask the clerk before you pick the video route.

Next step

Ask the receiving office whether it accepts a remote notarization from a notary in another state. If it does, compare video notaries for a Georgia signer on the Georgia scorecard, or start with the buttons below, ordered by grade. If it does not, book a walk-in or a mobile notary.