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 a Missouri owner needs a notary this week. The form is the use-case. The mailbox store is someone else’s product.
Legal
This page is not legal advice. An in-state commission is a notary license from Missouri. A Missouri-commissioned notary may perform remote online notarization after registering that capability with the Secretary of State. RSMo §§ 486.1100 to 486.1205, from House Bill 1655, took effect August 28, 2020. The notary must be physically in Missouri. The act is electronic. The seal title is “Electronic Notary Public.” A regular Missouri notary who never finished that registration 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.
Not legal advice.
The Missouri 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 Missouri commission into a remote online notary. It also cannot erase the electronic remote path Missouri opened on August 28, 2020.
Missouri (the state rule)
State rule · September 2026- In-state RON
- A
- Signer RON access
- A
- Walk-in / mobile backup
- C
Primary sources: Missouri Secretary of State, Electronic Notary Information; SOS approved notary software vendors; RSMo §§ 486.1100 to 486.1205 and § 486.960. Country context: NASS and NNA. Secondary vendor map: Proof, July 8, 2026, not the country authority.
An electronic remote act, after a separate SOS registration
Mixing the labels into one “is video legal in Missouri?” checkout is how a Kansas City owner pays $25 and still has the wrong seal. The remote path is not a wet-ink video loop, and it does not start when the commission arrives.
- Remote online notarization is an electronic act for someone outside the room. § 486.1100: communication technology is live sight and sound, and the notary is physically in Missouri and registered with the Secretary of State. § 486.1165 uses a registered electronic signature and a seal titled “Electronic Notary Public.”
- An in-person electronic notarization keeps the principal with the notary under § 486.930. Software for that act does not need the approval that remote platforms must seek.
§ 486.1120 requires a Missouri commission, then registration before any remote act, and a new registration after recommission. § 486.1135 runs registration while the commission lasts. § 486.1125 adds an approved course on remote laws, procedures, and ethics, plus an exam, beyond the regular course. § 486.1130 is an electronic form naming technology that meets the Secretary’s rules. The Electronic Notary Information page says an electronic notary is approved to provide services remotely: hold the commission, finish the online registration and training, and select approved software. Where NNA’s how-to describes an emailed application, the SOS form controls.
The live list is Approved Notary Software Vendors. Some older emergency approvals that were not renewed are marked expired. It includes Notarize Inc., doing business as Proof.com, software name Proof, March 24, 2021 to present; NotaryLive, January 19, 2021 to present; and OneNotary, March 19, 2026 to present. § 486.775 can give an out-of-state act the same effect here if the receiving desk accepts it. That does not prove a Missouri commission or a finished registration.
§ 486.1145 allows personal knowledge; a remote photo ID such as a passport or driver’s license plus credential analysis and identity proofing, if rules approve it; another approved method; or a valid certificate under those rules. § 486.1150 requires live audio-video, a signer who appears to understand and to act freely, a language the notary understands, and a signature established as the signer’s own. If that cannot finish, use a mobile notary or a walk-in. § 486.1195 keeps the recording at least ten years. An employer or a qualifying repository may hold it. § 486.1185 journals the act and any fee, with no Social Security number or credit card number. § 486.1190 keeps the entry at least ten years.
§ 486.1155 keeps the notary in Missouri. The signer may be in the state, elsewhere in the United States, or outside the United States if the act is not prohibited there. The section as given here adds no test that the document must concern U.S. property. § 486.1140 allows only a remote acknowledgment and a remote jurat. Signature witnessing is not a remote act. § 486.960 still lists it on the electronic fee schedule, the price cap for an electronic act, not a third remote product.
Statute notes
Mixing the labels into one “is video legal in Missouri?” checkout is how a Kansas City owner pays $25 and still has the wrong seal. Missouri’s remote path is not a wet-ink video loop. It is also not automatic on the day the commission arrives.
- Remote online notarization is an electronic notarial act for a person who is not in the room. § 486.1100: communication technology is live sight and sound between a notary physically in Missouri and a remotely located individual. A remote online notary is a notary physically in this state who has registered with the Secretary of State. § 486.1165: the certificate uses a registered electronic signature and a registered electronic seal. The seal includes the title “Electronic Notary Public.”
- An in-person electronic notarization is a different Missouri product. § 486.930: the principal is in the presence of the notary when that electronic act is done. The SOS approved-software page says software used for an in-person electronic notary does not have to seek that approval. Only platforms used for remote notarial services do.
§ 486.1120 is the gate. Before any remote act, the person applies to be a commissioned Missouri notary. A remote online notary then registers the capability with the secretary before performing remote acts. On recommission, the notary registers again before the next remote act. A person may apply for the commission and the remote registration at the same time. § 486.1135 says the registration term runs while the commission remains in effect. § 486.1120 still wants a fresh registration when that commission is renewed. We cite both.
§ 486.1125: before the first remote registration, complete a course the secretary approves, in addition to the course for a regular commission, and pass an exam on that course. The course is notarial laws, procedures, and ethics for remote online notarization. § 486.1130: the registration is an electronic form. It names the technology. That technology must conform to rules the Secretary of State adopts. The secretary denies a form that has a material misstatement or omission.
The live Electronic Notary Information page is the consumer path we retrieved. It says an electronic notary, in that page’s words, is a notary approved to provide services remotely. You must already be a commissioned Missouri notary. Then you complete the online registration form, complete the online training course, and select approved software as part of that application. NNA’s Missouri how-to also notes a training course, an exam, and a state-approved provider. That how-to is secondary. Where it describes an emailed application, we follow the SOS online form.
The approved-software list is the Secretary of State’s, not a company blog. The live page is Approved Notary Software Vendors. The SOS says it updates the list as more providers apply, and that some older emergency approvals that were not renewed are marked expired. We do not reprint that catalog. The list we retrieved includes Notarize Inc., doing business as Proof.com, with the software name Proof, approval period March 24, 2021 to present; NotaryLive, January 19, 2021 to present; and OneNotary, March 19, 2026 to present. That snapshot is not a forever catalog. Check the live page before you tell a Missouri notary which software the state has approved.
A person in Missouri can still hire an out-of-state video notary for an ordinary document if the receiving desk accepts that act. § 486.775 gives an out-of-state notarial act the same effect here. That is signer access. It is not proof that the notary on the screen holds a Missouri commission or finished the SOS registration.
The ID check is not a courtesy box. § 486.1145 gives four ways to know the remote signer: personal knowledge; or, if SOS rules approve it, remote presentation of a photo ID such as a passport or driver’s license, plus credential analysis, plus identity proofing; or another method SOS rules approve; or a valid certificate that meets those rules. § 486.1150: the signer is on live audio-video, appears to understand the transaction, appears to act freely, speaks a language the notary understands, and establishes the electronic signature as their own. If those steps cannot finish, a mobile notary or a walk-in becomes the product that can finish.
The session file is part of the act. § 486.1195: create an audio and video recording and keep it at least ten years after the transaction. The notary may name the employer, or a repository that meets SOS standards, as custodian. That custodian still has to follow the retention rules. § 486.1185: the electronic journal records the act at the time it happens, including the fee if any. Do not put a Social Security number or a credit card number in the journal. § 486.1190: keep the journal entry at least ten years.
The notary must sit in Missouri. § 486.1155. The signer may be in Missouri, outside Missouri but inside the United States, or outside the United States if the electronic notarization is not prohibited where the signer is sitting. We did not read an extra “the document must concern U.S. property” test in that section. The validity of a Missouri remote online notarization is governed by Missouri law.
§ 486.1140 is the short list of remote acts: an acknowledgment and a jurat, and no other method. Missouri does not list signature witnessing as a remote act. § 486.960 still lists signature witnessing in the electronic fee schedule. That is the price cap for an electronic act. It is not a third remote product we read in § 486.1140.
What actually needs a notary on a Missouri LLC / bank stack
A Missouri LLC is formed by filing articles of organization with the Secretary of State. RSMo § 347.039 lists what the articles must say: name, purpose, registered office and agent, whether members or managers manage the company, duration, and each organizer’s name and address. § 347.047: the initial articles are executed by the organizer or organizers. That execution is an affirmation, under the penalties in § 575.040, that the facts are true. The LLC-1 form we retrieved, revision 01/2025, prints a $105 filing fee, organizer signatures, and that same affirmation. We did not read a notarization requirement on that statute or that form. 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 printed document that sits next to the LLC.
| Document | Typical notary question | Video vs an ink signature |
|---|---|---|
| MO LLC articles of organization (LLC-1 / §§ 347.039, 347.047) | Usually none for the Secretary of State filing itself. Live statute: organizer signature and an affirmation under § 575.040. LLC-1 (01/2025): $105 fee. We did not read a notarization requirement. | Do not buy a video session because a blog said “LLCs need a notary.” Confirm the live form. |
| Bank signup documents (resolutions, signature cards, sworn statements) | The bank’s current checklist. Some desks accept a Missouri remote online notary or an out-of-state video notary. Some want ink in the room. | Ask the desk before you pay $25. The bank sets its own notary rule. § 486.775 can make an out-of-state act effective here. The desk can still say no. |
| 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. A Missouri remote online notary or an out-of-state video notary can both fit that sentence if the store accepts the session. Using a random PDF seal is a common reject. See the 1583 page. |
| Power of attorney or real-estate closing | We did not read a statewide list that keeps those documents off a Missouri remote acknowledgment or jurat. The form, the title company, or the lender is the desk we can quote today. | A Missouri remote act is an acknowledgment or a jurat. § 486.1140. If they printed “in person” or “wet ink,” that is a mobile notary or a walk-in. The state does not publish a statewide video closing. |
| Will | § 474.320: a written will is signed and attested by two witnesses in the testator’s presence. We did not read a notary requirement for that will to be valid. § 474.337: a written will may be made self-proved if the testator and the witnesses appear together before an officer who can give oaths. An electronic will is a different statute. §§ 474.548 and 474.550, House Bill 754, effective August 28, 2025. Witnesses may sign in the testator’s physical or electronic presence. If fewer than two witnesses are physically with the testator, the electronic will may be self-proved before a remote online notary, with a remote online notarial certificate that also meets § 486.1165. | Do not buy an ordinary video session for a printed will signed in ink and hope the desk will flatten § 474.337. The electronic-will self-proof path is real. It is a statute. It is not a promise that a probate desk will treat a stranger checkout as the whole estate plan. If the desk wants ink in the room, 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 Missouri documents, if the receiving desk will take a remote acknowledgment or jurat, and if the notary actually finished SOS registration and is using approved software. A Missouri remote online notary or a notary licensed in another video-notary state can both close that session when the desk accepts it. Company availability letters live on the directory, once.
If the desk wants wet ink, the identity check fails, the document is not an acknowledgment or jurat, or the person you hired never finished the SOS registration, 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 House Bill 1655.
§ 486.960: for an electronic notarial act, the maximum is five dollars per signature for an acknowledgment, a jurat, or signature witnessing. The notary may charge less or waive the fee. A travel fee is allowed only if you agree to it before the trip, and the notary explains that the travel fee is separate from the notarial fee and is not set by law. A notary who charges must conspicuously display an English fee schedule, in the office and on internet sites, or hand it to the signer. We did not read a live twenty-five-dollar Missouri cap on a remote session. The consumer starting prices we cite on company cards, about $25 a session, are still the official pages retrieved August 2026. Those are company stickers, not the five dollars in § 486.960.
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 Missouri rule and the document table. Official starting prices we cite: NotaryLive about $25 per session; Proof/Notarize about $25 for the first notarization and $15 for each extra notarization; OneNotary online about $25 and mobile from about $80. BlueNotary does not publish a session price. Independent Missouri mobiles are not that OneNotary sticker. Counters set their own prices at or below the statute cap we can quote.
Form 1583 as a Missouri 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. A Missouri signer can use a Missouri remote online notary or an out-of-state remote notary. That is the same idea as Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington, and Wisconsin. Other states have their own rules. See Alabama, California, Connecticut, Georgia, Nebraska, or Massachusetts if that is your state.
What we will not do here: grade mailbox brands, pick a Kansas City, St. Louis, or Springfield 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 the document needs something other than an acknowledgment or a jurat, § 486.1140 already closed the remote path for that act.
- If they accept a remote electronic act on an ordinary document, you may use a Missouri remote online notary or a notary licensed in another video-notary state. The Secretary of State is the authority for the registration and the approved-software list. NASS and NNA are the country sources. The company’s live notary pool is the day-of fact. Do not assume every Missouri notary on a checkout screen already finished the SOS registration.
- Budget the extras from the official page, extra notarization, extra signer, witness, before you upload a six-signature packet at the $25 sticker. The five dollars in § 486.960 is the Missouri electronic notarial-act cap we can quote. It is not a promise that a video company’s checkout stops at $5.
- If the identity check fails, stop treating “try again after midnight” as a plan. 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 a Missouri remote session in a later dispute is the recording § 486.1195 already requires the notary to keep for at least ten years, and the journal entry kept at least ten years under § 486.1190. The value of a walk-in is the ink the desk already said it wanted.
Sources
- Missouri Secretary of State, Electronic Notary Information: an electronic notary, on that page, is a notary approved to provide services remotely; you must already hold a Missouri commission; then complete the online registration form, complete the online training course, and select approved software.
- Missouri Secretary of State, Approved Notary Software Vendors: live approved-software list for remote platforms. The SOS updates the list and marks some older emergency approvals as expired. In-person electronic software does not need that approval. The list we retrieved includes Proof (Notarize Inc. dba Proof.com, March 24, 2021 to present), NotaryLive (January 19, 2021 to present), and OneNotary (March 19, 2026 to present). We do not reprint the catalog.
- RSMo § 486.1100 (House Bill 1655, effective August 28, 2020): definitions. A remote online notary is a notary physically in this state who has registered with the secretary. Remote online notarization is an electronic notarial act by communication technology. Communication technology, credential analysis, identity proofing, and remote presentation are defined here.
- RSMo § 486.1120: a Missouri commission, then SOS registration, before any remote act. Register again on recommission. Commission and registration may be filed at the same time.
- RSMo § 486.1125: before the first remote registration, a secretary-approved course and an exam, in addition to the regular commission course. The course covers remote online notarial laws, procedures, and ethics.
- RSMo § 486.1130: electronic registration form names the technology, which must conform to SOS rules. A material misstatement or omission is denied.
- RSMo § 486.1135: registration continues while the commission remains in effect. Read with § 486.1120, which still requires a new registration on recommission.
- RSMo § 486.1140: remote online notarial acts using communication technology are an acknowledgment and a jurat, and no other method.
- RSMo § 486.1145: identity by personal knowledge; or, if SOS rules approve, remote presentation of a photo ID plus credential analysis plus identity proofing; or another SOS-approved method; or a valid certificate.
- RSMo § 486.1150: live audio-video, satisfactory identity, the signer appears to understand and to act freely, a shared language, and an electronic signature the signer establishes as their own.
- RSMo § 486.1155: the notary is physically in Missouri. The signer may be in Missouri, elsewhere in the United States, or outside the United States if the act is not prohibited where the signer is. Missouri law governs the validity of the Missouri remote act.
- RSMo § 486.1165: remote online notarial certificate, registered electronic signature, and electronic seal. The seal title is “Electronic Notary Public.”
- RSMo § 486.1185: electronic journal entries at the time of the act. No Social Security number or credit card number in the journal.
- RSMo § 486.1190: electronic journal of remote acts kept at least ten years.
- RSMo § 486.1195: audio and video recording kept at least ten years. The notary may designate an employer or an SOS-standard repository as custodian. The custodian still follows the retention rules.
- RSMo § 486.960: electronic notarial-act maximum of five dollars per signature for an acknowledgment, a jurat, or signature witnessing. Travel fee only if agreed in advance and explained as separate from the notarial fee and not set by law. Conspicuous English fee schedule. We did not read a live $25 remote-session cap in this section.
- RSMo § 486.775: a notarial act performed in another state by a notary of that jurisdiction, or by another person that jurisdiction authorizes, has the same effect under Missouri law as a Missouri notarial act.
- RSMo § 486.930: an electronic notarization, as distinct from a remote online act, requires the principal to be in the presence of the notary.
- RSMo § 347.039 and § 347.047: articles of organization contents; organizer execution; affirmation under § 575.040. See also LLC-1 (01/2025): $105 filing fee and organizer signatures. We did not read a notarization requirement.
- RSMo § 474.320: a written will is signed and attested by two witnesses. § 474.337: self-proof when the testator and witnesses appear together before an oath officer. § 474.548 and § 474.550 (House Bill 754, effective August 28, 2025): electronic will; witnesses may be in physical or electronic presence; if fewer than two witnesses are physically with the testator, self-proof may use a remote online notary and a certificate that also meets § 486.1165.
- NNA, How to Become a Remote Online Notary in Missouri: training, an exam, and a state-approved provider. Secondary. The SOS online registration page is primary.
- NNA, MO House Bill 1655: secondary summary of the 2020 remote-online registration, course, and exam. The revisor text is primary.
- NNA, What is a Remote Online Notary?: country context for which states authorize their own notaries to perform RON.
- NASS, Remote Electronic Notarization: country-level enacted-law count. A law on the books is not the same as a notary who has finished SOS registration.
- Proof RON map (July 8, 2026), labeled secondary vendor map. Proof is also a listed vendor on this site. The SOS approved-software list, not this map, is the authority for which platforms a Missouri notary may use.
- 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.