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Where can I get a contract notarized by a United States notary here in the DR?
Locations for Notary Services
It can be only done at US Embassy or consular locations.
Punta Cana
Consular Agency Bavaro/Punta Cana
Address: Palma Real Shopping Village, Business Center, Second Floor, Suite 1, B?varo, La Altagracia
Phone Number: (809) 552-8990
Email: puntacanaconsularagency@state.gov
Santo Domingo
The Consular Section is located in the ?La Esperilla? section of Santo Domingo, on the corner of C?sar Nicol?s Penson Street and M?ximo G?mez Avenue.
Notarial Services:
In Santo Domingo, notarial services are provided by appointment only on Mondays and Thursdays (except on Dominican or U.S. holidays). Please send an email to sdoamericans@state.gov to request your appointment. You will receive an email response with your appointment confirmation. Such confirmation needs to be printed and presented the day of your appointment. Please keep in mind that only those individuals with confirmed appointments will be allowed into the Consular Section facilities
Puerto Plata
Villanueva Street at the corner of John F. Kennedy Avenue
Abraxa Bookstore Bldg., 2nd. Floor
Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic
City: Puerto Plata
Phone: (+1 809) 586-8017 or (+1 809) 586-4204, or (809) 586-8023
Fax: (+1 809) 586-8015
Email: acssantodom@state.gov
Office Hours: Monday through Friday, from 8:30am to 12:30pm / 2:00pm to 5:00pm
Regards,
PJT
It can be only done at US Embassy or consular locations.
Punta Cana
Consular Agency Bavaro/Punta Cana
Address: Palma Real Shopping Village, Business Center, Second Floor, Suite 1, B?varo, La Altagracia
Phone Number: (809) 552-8990
Email: puntacanaconsularagency@state.gov
Santo Domingo
The Consular Section is located in the ?La Esperilla? section of Santo Domingo, on the corner of C?sar Nicol?s Penson Street and M?ximo G?mez Avenue.
Notarial Services:
In Santo Domingo, notarial services are provided by appointment only on Mondays and Thursdays (except on Dominican or U.S. holidays). Please send an email to sdoamericans@state.gov to request your appointment. You will receive an email response with your appointment confirmation. Such confirmation needs to be printed and presented the day of your appointment. Please keep in mind that only those individuals with confirmed appointments will be allowed into the Consular Section facilities
Puerto Plata
Villanueva Street at the corner of John F. Kennedy Avenue
Abraxa Bookstore Bldg., 2nd. Floor
Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic
City: Puerto Plata
Phone: (+1 809) 586-8017 or (+1 809) 586-4204, or (809) 586-8023
Fax: (+1 809) 586-8015
Email: acssantodom@state.gov
Office Hours: Monday through Friday, from 8:30am to 12:30pm / 2:00pm to 5:00pm
Regards,
PJT
Where can I get a contract notarized by a United States notary here in the DR?
Hi all,
I know that this thread is extremely old but it is also outdated and there have been some valuable updates. I had a client the other day who was had a terrible time notarizing an Amerian document. Read on.
Many states have enacted legislation to provide for electronic commerce and e-notarization.
https://www.nationalnotary.org/knowledge-center/news/law-updates
?UETA?
The Uniform Electronic Transactions Act was completed by the Uniform Law Commissioners of the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Law. Uniform laws created by NCCUSL are offered to states for voluntary adoption into state statutes.) UETA removed barriers to electronic commerce by establishing equal legal status between electronic transactions and signatures and those that involve paper.
UETA defines ?electronic signature? as: ??an electronic sound, symbol, or process attached to or logically associated with a record and executed or adopted by a person with the intent to sign the record.? This broad definition embraces the full spectrum of electronic signature types, including but not limited to a ?click through I accept or reject? action, the signer?s typewritten name or other typewritten string of characters, a digitized signature captured by a signature pad and stylus, a video clip, a sound clip, or a digital signature/certificate.
UETA also states that the electronic signature of a notary will satisfy statutory requirements for the notary?s paper-and-ink signature if the electronic signature, ??. together with all other information required to be included by other applicable law [i.e., the notarial certificate, seal information, commission expiration date, etc.] is attached to or logically associated with the signature or record.?
What this means: UETA allows for document signers and notaries to sign electronic documents with any electronic sound, symbol or process that they intend to be their legal electronic signature. While there seems to be no notarial seal requirement under UETA, the seal?s importance for purposes of document authentication (generally required for notarized documents traveling overseas or occasionally, interstate) is unchanged. To address this in part, UETA states that all the notary?s information that is normally required on the seal or required to be written on the notarial certificate must be ?attached? to or ?logically associated? with his/her electronic signature or record.
?E-SIGN?
In June 2000, The U. S. Congress passed the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, or ?E-SIGN.? E-SIGN was created to remove barriers to electronic commerce for interstate and international financial transactions. E-SIGN?s provisions overlap significantly with UETA?s and are designed to co-exist with the provisions of UETA.
Like UETA, E-SIGN established equal legal status between electronic transactions and signatures and those involving paper. E-SIGN also states that the requirements for notarization and acknowledgment of a ?record? (electronic document) will be satisfied if the electronic signature of the notary, along with all other required information (such as the notarial certificate and seal information), are attached to or logically associated with the signature or record.
What this means: While both UETA and E-SIGN authorized notaries to perform electronic notarizations, the exact details of completing an electronic notarial certificate, and ?attaching? it or ?logically associating? it to the document.
UETA - Uniform Electronic Transactions Act
UETA establishes the legal equivalence of electronic records and signatures with paper writings and manually-signed signatures, removing barriers to electronic commerce. States may opt to adopt the complete Act, or parts of it.
E-SIGN - Electronic.
Of course it's all meant to facilitate global commerce but it is now allowed.
Hi all,
I know that this thread is extremely old but it is also outdated and there have been some valuable updates. I had a client the other day who was had a terrible time notarizing an Amerian document. Read on.
Many states have enacted legislation to provide for electronic commerce and e-notarization.
So, why did they have such a terrible time notarizing a document?
And how is UETA or E-sign going to change it?
Respectfully,
Playacaribe2
So, why did they have such a terrible time notarizing a document?
And how is UETA or E-sign going to change it?
Respectfully,
Playacaribe2
To answer the first part of your question - the only recourse to notarizing an American document is to either go to the Embassy/Consulate or get an electronic notarization. As notaries only have jurisdiction to notarize in their commissioned state. This makes finding a local notary en el barrio (by U.S definition) impossible. Well not impossible however the notarial act will be invalid as they would be operating out of jurisdiction rendering the validity to be challenged if pursued and will be null and void.
Playa Caribe the real challenge is that the updates have been effective as of 2015 and many many people are unaware of said changes.
Finally while the U.S Congress did pass legislation back in 2000 accepting Electronic Signatures; realizing the sophisticatication of devices that now allow you to sign with the stroke of your finger (smart phones, tablets, touch screen computers to name a few) it was up to individual states to adopt these. And most have.
States that allow electronic notaries that are legally binding in all states, such as: Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Iowa, Maryland, Minnesota, Montana, Oregon, New Mexico, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah, Virginia, and West Virginia. Some states such as Montana and Virginia will even allow you to remotely notarize documents from a webcam.
Let me know If I can answer any further questions for you.
Thank You,
Kareline A. Duverge
Florida Notary Public
Commission #FF223712
Expires 04/22/2019
To answer the first part of your question - the only recourse to notarizing an American document is to either go to the Embassy/Consulate or get an electronic notarization. As notaries only have jurisdiction to notarize in their commissioned state. This makes finding a local notary en el barrio (by U.S definition) impossible. Well not impossible however the notarial act will be invalid as they would be operating out of jurisdiction rendering the validity to be challenged if pursued and will be null and void.
Playa Caribe the real challenge is that the updates have been effective as of 2015 and many many people are unaware of said changes.
Finally while the U.S Congress did pass legislation back in 2000 accepting Electronic Signatures; realizing the sophisticatication of devices that now allow you to sign with the stroke of your finger (smart phones, tablets, touch screen computers to name a few) it was up to individual states to adopt these. And most have.
States that allow electronic notaries that are legally binding in all states, such as: Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Iowa, Maryland, Minnesota, Montana, Oregon, New Mexico, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah, Virginia, and West Virginia. Some states such as Montana and Virginia will even allow you to remotely notarize documents from a webcam.
Let me know If I can answer any further questions for you.
Thank You,
Kareline A. Duverge
Florida Notary Public
Commission #FF223712
Expires 04/22/2019
Perhaps I can clarify.
Since we are in a Dominican Republic forum, the following information is about the DR and getting documents notarized for acceptance in the US.
1. No matter what state has accepted UETA or the Electronic signatures act, a document can only be notarized in the DR when the person needing the notary is directly in front and signs in front of said notary. The only advantage of UETA and the Electronic Signature Act is that the notary can electronically send the document to a state or country that accepts same.
2. In the DR, there are only three places a document can be legally notarized and they were identified in post #3.
The only advantage then, is an ability to send an already notarized document (e-notarization) to a state that accepts them.
Those unfamiliar with the law might assume they can e-mail a document and they can now have it electronically notarized without having to appear in front of a notary. That is not the case.
Going further, some countries require a raised seal and not just a stamped copy....rendering an electronic copy useless.
Electronic notarization is gaining acceptance, but the person must still be in front of a notary
Webcam notarizations, something entirely different, may gain broader acceptance in the future......but for now they are useless except in the minority of jurisdictions and are not accepted cross border with other jurisdictions.
Respectfully,
Playacaribe2
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