This page is a notary scorecard. It is not a mailbox directory. Form 1583 is the Postal Service form you sign so a mailbox store can receive your mail. It appears here because mailbox signup is a common reason an Arizona owner needs a notary this week. The form is the use-case. The mailbox store is someone else’s product.
This page is not legal advice. An in-state commission is a notary license from Arizona. An Arizona-commissioned notary may perform remote online notarization if that notary notified the Secretary of State and holds written remote-online authorization under A.R.S. § 41-263. Electronic notarization (eNotary) is a different Arizona product: an electronic seal while the signer is still physically present. A regular Arizona notary without that remote authorization still has to be in the room. A bank, a commercial mailbox (CMRA), or the Postal Service still decides whether this packet may be remote.
The Arizona grade that is not a company letter
We grade the state rule first. Remote online notarization (RON) is a video session with a notary. A company cannot turn a regular Arizona notary into a remote online notary. It also cannot erase the remote-online path Arizona has taken since 2020.
Arizona (the state rule)
State rule · September 2026- In-state RON
- A
- Signer RON access
- A
- Walk-in / mobile backup
- C
Primary sources: Arizona Secretary of State, Notary; Remote & eNotary; A.R.S. § 41-263, § 41-268, § 41-316. Country context: NASS and NNA. Secondary vendor map: Proof, July 8, 2026 — not the country authority.
eNotary and remote online are two Arizona jobs
The Secretary of State’s Remote & eNotary page splits the labels. A regular Arizona commission is still an in-person stamp. The extra request is what turns on an electronic seal, a video session, or both. Mixing those into one “is video legal in Arizona?” question is how papers get sent back.
- Remote online notarization is a notarial act for a remotely located individual using communication technology. A.R.S. § 41-263. The notary must be located in Arizona. The signer may be in another state. If the signer is outside the United States, the record must relate to a U.S. court, government matter, U.S. property, or a transaction substantially connected with the United States, and the notary must have no actual knowledge that the foreign state prohibits the act. § 41-263.B.4. Before the first remote act, the notary notifies the Secretary of State and names the technologies. § 41-263.F; R2-12-1302.
- Electronic notarization (eNotary) is an electronic seal and electronic signature on an electronic record. The signer still personally appears in the room. A.R.S. § 41-254 still requires personal appearance. § 41-263.A is the remote exception. Before the first electronic-record act, the notary notifies the Secretary of State and names the technology. A.R.S. § 41-268. That is not a $25 video checkout. NNA’s Arizona how-to (updated June 21, 2023) draws the same line: eNotary keeps the signer in the room; remote online uses audio-video.
R2-12-1302(B) is the one-way overlap: a notary who already holds remote-online authorization may also perform electronic notarizations. The reverse is not automatic. An eNotary who never received remote-online authorization cannot finish a webcam session.
The live SOS copy we retrieved: an applicant for E-notary or Remote Online Notary must already be a current active Arizona notary. Review the administrative rules before applying. Name the vendor and the technology on the Electronic/Remote Notary Request. SOS emails an “E-notary/RON Request” to print, sign, and return. The certificate comes by email. SOS prints “no additional fee or bond at this time” for the electronic or remote-online add-on. The traditional surety bond is still $5,000. A.R.S. § 41-269.D. We did not read a second RON-only bond in the statute or on that SOS page. The azsos.gov pages sit behind a challenge from this environment; the wording above matches the public SOS copy we retrieved and the statutes that implement it.
Personal appearance is still the default. A.R.S. § 41-254. Identity for an in-person act is personal knowledge or satisfactory evidence under § 41-255. For a remotely located individual who is not personally known and who has no credible witness, the notary must use at least two different types of identity proofing. § 41-263.B.1(c). R2-12-1305 fills in the remote ID floor we actually read: credential analysis of a government photo ID plus a dynamic knowledge-based quiz — at least five questions, five answer choices, 80 percent correct, two minutes, one retake inside 24 hours, and a second fail locks the same notary for 24 hours. If those steps cannot be satisfied, the remote online notary may not perform the act. That is when a mobile notary or a walk-in becomes the product that can finish.
The session file is part of the act. § 41-263.B.3 requires an audiovisual recording. Unless a different period is set by rule, keep it at least five years. § 41-263.E. That printed floor is shorter than Florida and New York (10 years) and shorter than Illinois electronic notarization (about 7 years). We leave those three numbers apart. The certificate must say the act used communication technology. § 41-263.C–D.
A.R.S. § 41-276 keeps an older electronic or remote-online authorization in effect through its printed expiration and points new notices after July 1, 2022 at this article. It does not make every Arizona notary a video notary.
What actually needs a notary on an Arizona LLC / bank stack
Arizona LLC formation is filed with the Arizona Corporation Commission as Articles of Organization. The live ACC instructions we retrieved — L010i, Articles of Organization — say one or more organizers sign and file. A.R.S. § 29-3201. The signature block: the organizer signs, prints a name, and dates the form. The document is submitted under penalty of law. Those instructions do not say the Commission requires a notary for that filing. People still show up asking for a notary because a bank, a processor, a landlord, or a mailbox asked for a sworn statement on a different piece of paper that sits next to the LLC.
| Document | Typical notary question | Video vs ink on paper |
|---|---|---|
| AZ LLC Articles of Organization (ACC / eCorp) | Usually none for the Commission filing itself. Live L010i instructions: the organizer signs; A.R.S. § 29-3201. We did not read a notarization requirement on that guide. | Do not buy a video session because a blog said “LLCs need a notary.” Confirm the live form. |
| Bank signup papers (resolutions, signature cards, sworn statements) | The bank’s current checklist. Some desks accept an Arizona remote online notary or an out-of-state video notary. Some want ink on paper. | Ask the desk before you pay $25. We will not invent a bank’s notary rule. |
| Operating agreement or power of attorney the bank requested | The stamp type printed on the form. | An Arizona remote online notary is often enough if the desk accepts a remote act. If they printed “in person” or “wet ink,” that is a mobile notary or a walk-in. An eNotary seal still needs the signer in the room. |
| PS Form 1583 (mailbox signup) | Yes — a notary public licensed in a U.S. state, territory, possession, or DC, or the mailbox store employee in person. June 2024 form. | The form’s own note allows a live video call. An Arizona remote online notary or an out-of-state video notary can both fit that sentence. Using a random PDF stamp is a common reject. See the 1583 page. |
| Vehicle title, motor-vehicle power of attorney, real-estate closing | The MVD desk, title company, lender, or closing desk — not this site — decides whether a remote act is enough. | We have not read a current MVD or title-company rule that we can quote as a statewide video policy. If the desk wants ink, do not buy a video session to argue with them. |
| Will or estate paper | We did not read a clean statewide sentence that every Arizona will may be a remote-online checkout. The receiving desk or the estate statute in front of you is the authority. | If we cannot quote a current official page that the desk will take a remote electronic will today, we will not invent it. When the desk wants ink on paper, that is a mobile notary or a walk-in. |
We do not publish a bank-by-bank or county-by-county “accepts video” list we have not read on that desk’s page this month. If you need the operating address so a bank will open the account, that is a different product. It is not this site’s directory.
Open all night versus booked, in this state
Because in-state remote online notarization is live, all-night service is a real option for many Arizona papers — if the receiving desk will take a remote act, and if the notary actually holds the remote-online authorization. An Arizona remote online notary or a notary licensed in another video-notary state can both close that session. Company availability letters live on the directory, once.
If the desk wants a regular Arizona stamp on paper, the identity quiz fails, or the person you hired is only an eNotary, you are shopping store hours or a booked house call. That is the C on walk-in / mobile showing up as a calendar. It is not a failure of the state rule.
A.R.S. § 41-316 says the Secretary of State sets notary fees by rule. Notaries may not charge except as that rule allows. The live SOS Remote & eNotary page and Ariz. Admin. Code R2-12-1102 print the same ceiling: no charge up to a maximum of $10 per notarial act, including electronic and remote online notary fees. That is the Arizona notary-act cap. It is not a company sticker and not a UPS price. The consumer starting prices we cite on company cards — about $25 a session — are still the official pages retrieved August 2026.
Company letters live on the directory
Availability, identity check, and session-record letters for Proof/Notarize, NotaryLive, OneNotary, BlueNotary, mobile, and walk-in are on the directory — once. This page keeps the Arizona rule and the document table. Official starting prices we cite: NotaryLive about $25 per session; Proof/Notarize about $25 for the first stamp and $15 for each extra stamp; OneNotary online about $25 and mobile from about $80. We do not invent a session price for BlueNotary. Independent Arizona mobiles are not that OneNotary sticker. Counters set their own prices.
Form 1583 as an Arizona use-case — without becoming a mailbox review
USPS will not let a commercial mailbox (CMRA) hand you mail until PS Form 1583 (June 2024) is complete. Form 1583 is the Postal Service form you sign so that store can receive your mail. You sign in person with the store (or an authorized employee) or with a notary public. The form’s note allows a live video call. An Arizona signer can use an Arizona remote online notary or an out-of-state remote notary. That is the same idea as Florida, Illinois, New York, and Texas. Other states have their own rules. See California if that is your state.
What we will not do here: grade mailbox brands, pick a Phoenix storefront, or explain store flags. Those are mailbox questions. The notary question is: did the session match the form (U.S.-licensed notary, two IDs, home address matching the address ID), and will the store accept that session? Details live on Form 1583 notarization.
A sequence that usually wastes less money
- Read the receiving desk’s current instruction. If they printed “in person” or “wet ink,” do not buy a video session to argue with them. If they will take an electronic seal only with both people in the room, that is Arizona eNotary — not remote online.
- If they accept a remote act, you may use an Arizona remote online notary or a notary licensed in another video-notary state. The Arizona Secretary of State is the authority for the in-state remote-online authorization. NASS and NNA are the country sources. The company’s live notary pool is the day-of fact. Do not assume every Arizona notary on a checkout screen already filed that SOS notice.
- Budget the extras from the official page — extra stamp, extra signer, witness — before you upload a six-signature packet at the $25 sticker. The $10 in R2-12-1102 is the Arizona notary-act cap, not a promise that the company’s checkout stops there.
- If the identity quiz fails the statutory retry, stop treating “try again after midnight” as a plan. R2-12-1305: a second fail locks retry with the same notary for 24 hours. Switch to a mobile notary or a walk-in. NotaryLive’s FAQ describes a Personal Verifier path. That is their product, not a universal escape hatch.
- Keep the session confirmation. The value of an Arizona remote session in a later dispute is the recording § 41-263 already requires the notary to keep for at least five years. The value of a walk-in is the ink the desk already said it wanted.
Sources
- Arizona Secretary of State, Notary — traditional commission path; applicant for E-notary or Remote Online Notary must already be a current active Arizona notary; review the administrative rules before the extra request. The live site returned a Cloudflare challenge from this environment; facts above match the public SOS copy we retrieved.
- Arizona SOS, Remote & eNotary — apply to become an E-notary and/or Remote Online Notary; Electronic/Remote Notary Request; emailed E-notary/RON Request to print, sign, and return; no additional fee or bond at this time; “No charge up to a maximum of $10.00 per Notarial Act,” including electronic and remote online notary fees. Same retrieval note as the notary home page.
- A.R.S. § 41-263 — remotely located individual; notary located in this state; two different types of identity proofing when there is no personal knowledge or credible witness; audiovisual recording; keep at least five years unless a different period is set by rule; certificate must note communication technology; SOS notice before the first remote act; outside-the-United-States record limits.
- A.R.S. § 41-254 — personal appearance required, except as § 41-263 allows a remote appearance.
- A.R.S. § 41-255 — identification of an individual appearing before the notary.
- A.R.S. § 41-268 — notify the Secretary of State before the first notarial act on an electronic record and identify the technology. That is the eNotary path. It is not the remote-individual path.
- A.R.S. § 41-316 — SOS establishes notary fees by rule; a notary may not charge except as authorized by rule.
- A.R.S. § 41-269 — $5,000 surety bond for the traditional commission. We did not read a second RON-only bond in this section.
- A.R.S. § 41-276 — electronic or remote-online authorizations in effect on July 1, 2022 continue to their printed expiration; later notices follow this article.
- Ariz. Admin. Code R2-12-1102 — no charge up to $10 per notarial act (acknowledgment or jurat per signature; copy certification per page; oath or affirmation per act).
- Ariz. Admin. Code R2-12-1302 — written SOS authorization required for remote online notarization; a remote-authorized notary may also perform electronic notarizations under Article 12.
- Ariz. Admin. Code R2-12-1305 — remote identity: credential analysis plus knowledge-based quiz; five questions, five choices, 80 percent, two minutes, one retake, 24-hour lock after a second fail.
- NNA, How to Become a Remote Online Notary in Arizona (updated June 21, 2023) — hold a traditional commission first; SOS request; no extra SOS RON fee and no extra surety bond beyond the $5,000 traditional bond; eNotary vs remote online split; remote notaries may charge up to $10 citing AZ SOS. We re-checked that dollar amount on the live SOS page and R2-12-1102.
- Arizona Corporation Commission, Instructions for Articles of Organization (L010i) — organizer must sign; we did not read a notarization requirement. See also A.R.S. § 29-3201.
- NASS, Remote Electronic Notarization — country-level enacted-law count.
- NNA, What is a Remote Online Notary? — notary-side status, including states that have not authorized RON.
- Proof RON map (July 8, 2026) — labeled secondary vendor map. Proof is also a listed vendor on this site.
- Notarize consumer pricing — $25 / $15 / $15 / $10.
- NotaryLive pricing — $25/session; extras; 10-year storage.
- OneNotary individuals pricing — $25 online; mobile from $80.
- PS Form 1583, June 2024.