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Online notarization for signers in Kentucky
A commissioned New Jersey notary can notarize for you by secure video while you're in Kentucky. Below: the Kentucky law on out-of-state notarizations, and who has the final word.
Will Kentucky accept a New Jersey online notarization? Generally, yes. Kentucky law recognizes notarial acts performed in other states (KRS 423.345(1)(a)). The county clerk or whoever receives your document still decides what it accepts.
What Kentucky law says
Kentucky gives a notarial act performed in another state the same effect as if performed by a Kentucky notarial officer, when a notary public of that state does it. Created effective January 1, 2020, and amended effective June 29, 2023. (KRS 423.345(1)(a))
On our side, New Jersey law treats an online notarization by a New Jersey notary as performed in New Jersey, wherever the signer is (N.J.S.A. 52:7-10.10).
Who decides in Kentucky
We didn't find an official Kentucky page that adds requirements for out-of-state or electronic notarizations. That isn't a promise there are none. The county clerk, agency, court or company receiving your document decides what it accepts, so ask them before you book.
Kentucky's own online notaries
Kentucky's own remote notarization statute, KRS 423.455, also took effect January 1, 2020. (source) That's context: it governs Kentucky notaries, not ours.
Before you book
- Ask the county clerk (for property) or the office receiving your document whether it takes an electronically notarized document or a printed copy of one.
- Have a current government photo ID and the complete, unsigned document as a PDF.
- Online sessions run 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. Eastern time, 7 days a week, by appointment.
- Outside the U.S.? We can notarize for you when the document is for a U.S. court or agency, involves U.S. property, or relates to a transaction connected with the U.S., and signing isn't prohibited where you are. Check your document.
- Commonly notarized online from Kentucky: Affidavits, powers of attorney, title and lien paperwork, and business documents.
Book an online notarization Other states
We are not lawyers, and this page is not legal advice. Facts checked November 2026 on the official pages listed below. The office or person receiving your document has the last word on what it accepts, and we can't guarantee acceptance.
Official sources we checked
- KRS 423.345(1)(a)
- Kentucky: official page on its own notaries' remote notarization
- N.J.S.A. 52:7-10.10, P.L.2021, c.179 (New Jersey Legislature)
Questions
Did Kentucky's 2023 amendment change anything for me?
KRS 423.345 was amended effective June 29, 2023. The rule that matters here, that another state's notarial act has the same effect in Kentucky, sits in subsection (1)(a).
Is a New Jersey online notarization valid in Kentucky?
Generally, yes. Kentucky law recognizes notarial acts performed in other states (KRS 423.345(1)(a)). The county clerk or whoever receives your document still decides what it accepts. We are not lawyers, so for anything high-stakes, ask the receiving office or your attorney.