e-Notarise a document for India — online, on a recorded video call
Your document is endorsed digitally by a Notary appointed by the Central Government under the Notaries Act, 1952. You appear on a short video call instead of travelling to a notary's desk. The call is recorded and kept, so the endorsement has evidence behind it — not just a stamp.
- Who endorses it A Government-appointed NotaryPractising under the Notaries Act, 1952
- How you attend One recorded video callNo travel, no courier, no queue
- Turnaround Usually the same working dayOnce your document passes pre-check
- What you get Signed, sealed, registered PDFWith its Notarial Register serial
- Affidavits
- Statutory declarations
- Name-change declarations
- Rent & leave-and-licence agreements
- Indemnity bonds
- Power of attorney
- Attested true copies
- Employment & experience letters
- Company resolutions
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An endorsement by a public officer, carried out over video instead of across a desk
Notarisation is not a formatting step and it is not a rubber stamp you can buy. It is an act performed by a Notary — a public officer appointed by the Central Government under the Notaries Act, 1952, holding a Certificate of Practice and an official seal. Under Section 8 of that Act the notary may administer oaths, take affidavits and statutory declarations, and attest and authenticate documents.
What the notary is certifying is narrow and worth understanding, because it is exactly what gives the document its weight: that you are who you say you are, that you signed in the notary's presence, and that you did so knowingly and of your own free will. That is the value a bank, a court or a consulate is looking for when it asks for a notarised copy.
e-Notarisation keeps every one of those elements and replaces one of them — the physical meeting — with a video call that is recorded. You show your original identity document to the camera, the notary questions you, you sign while being observed, and the notary then applies a digital signature and notarial seal to the electronic document and enters the act in the Notarial Register. Nothing is posted anywhere and nobody travels.
Why the recording matters more than the convenience. A physical notarisation leaves a signature and a register line. An e-notarisation leaves those plus a recorded record of the identity check itself. If the endorsement is ever questioned, there is something to look at.
Six steps, in this order — the order is the point
A notary cannot seal a document before verifying who signed it, and we will not book a notary's time before checking that your document is one a notary can endorse. Both of those are why this runs in a fixed sequence.
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Order and tell us the purpose
Check out, then say what the document is and which authority will receive it — a bank, a court, a consulate, an employer. The receiving authority decides what the endorsement has to look like.
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Upload the draft and your ID
A secure link for the document, your photo identity document and, where the document needs it, supporting proof. Nothing is sent by email attachment.
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We pre-check it — before the notary is booked
We read the draft against what you told us it is for. If it needs stamp paper, registration, or wording it does not have, you hear that now — not in front of the notary with the clock running.
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Your recorded video call with the notary
At the confirmed slot you join a video call. You hold your original ID up to the camera, the notary satisfies themselves as to your identity, asks whether you understand the document and are signing willingly, and watches you sign.
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The notary signs, seals and registers
Digital signature and notarial seal applied to the electronic document, and the act entered in the Notarial Register with its own serial number — the same register a desk notarisation goes into.
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You get the file, and the recording is filed
The notarised PDF reaches you in the same session, with the register reference. The recording of your verification is retained, so the endorsement can be stood behind later.
What the document rests on, and where it is accepted
Three separate things make an e-notarised document hold up. Understanding them is also how you tell a real notarial act from a paid-for stamp.
The officer is appointed, not hired
A Notary is appointed by the Central Government (or a State Government) under the Notaries Act, 1952, is entered on the official register of notaries and holds a Certificate of Practice and an official seal.
The authority comes from that appointment. It is not something a platform can confer on itself.
Notaries Act, 1952 — s.3 appointment, s.8 powers, and the Notaries Rules, 1956The electronic form is recognised
Indian law gives legal recognition to electronic records and to digital signatures, so a document does not lose standing merely for being electronic rather than paper.
The notary signs using a digital signature certificate, which is what makes the file tamper-evident and independently verifiable by whoever receives it.
Information Technology Act, 2000 — legal recognition of electronic records and digital signaturesThe identity check is evidenced
The weakest link in any notarisation is whether the person really appeared. Here that moment is recorded, and the recording is retained alongside the register entry.
Indian courts have accepted electronically signed and notarised documents, and the direction of travel is towards wider acceptance rather than narrower.
Recorded session + Notarial Register entry — two independent records of the same actOne thing we will always tell you straight
Remote notarisation in India does not yet sit under a single dedicated statute, and a minority of authorities still insist on wet ink and physical presence — some registrars, some foreign missions, some older bank processes. That is a decision made by the receiving authority, not by the notary and not by us.
So tell us who the document is going to before you order, or at the pre-check step. If an e-notarisation will not be accepted there, we would rather say so and point you at the right route than sell you a document that gets turned away at the counter. Ask us first — it costs nothing.
Commonly notarised for use in India
If yours is not listed, it very likely still qualifies — send it over and we will confirm at pre-check rather than guess.
- AffidavitsSworn statements of fact for courts, offices and applications
- Statutory declarationsDeclarations required by a form or an authority
- Name-change declarationsGazette, bank, school and passport routes
- Rent and leave-and-licence agreementsWhere notarisation, not registration, is asked for
- Indemnity bonds and undertakingsEmployer, bank, insurer and tender requirements
- Power of attorneyWhere the purpose does not require registration — we check
- Attested true copiesEducational, identity and address documents
- Employment and experience lettersFor visa files, background checks and licensing
- Vehicle transfer declarationsSale affidavits and RTO undertakings
- Relinquishment and gift declarationsFamily settlements and no-objection statements
- Translation certificatesCertifying a translation alongside the original
- Company and board documentsResolutions, authorisations and declarations
$89 covers one notarial act. Here is the edge of that.
One flat fee for the notarial act — nothing here is priced per page or per minute, and there is no charge for asking us a question first. Some costs do sit outside it, and the first one on the right is the one people assume is bundled.
Included in the fee
- Pre-check of your draft against the purpose you tell us, before any notary is booked
- The notary's appearance and time on a recorded video call
- Identity verification against your original photo ID, on camera
- Digital signature and notarial seal applied to the electronic document
- Entry in the Notarial Register, with the serial number given to you
- Retention of the session recording on file
- Your notarised PDF, delivered in the same session
- Support from real people, 24×7, before and after
One document, one notarial act, one set of signatories. Additional documents in the same sitting are quoted before the call, never added afterwards.
Not included — and not the same thing
- Your own Digital Signature Certificate (DSC). The notary signs with theirs, which is covered. If you must eSign the document as well, that needs a DSC issued in your name and it is bought separately — we sell those too. Not every document needs one; we say at pre-check whether yours does.
- Stamp duty and stamp paper. A statutory charge on the instrument itself. Notarisation does not replace it and cannot waive it.
- Registration at a Sub-Registrar's office. Some instruments must be registered to have effect. Notarisation is a different act.
- Apostille and MEA attestation. For use abroad under the Hague Convention. A separate route, after notarisation.
- Embassy or consular legalisation. Required by non-Hague countries, and done by the mission, not a notary.
- Drafting your document. We pre-check what you send; we do not write it for you.
- Legal advice. We are not your advocate and will not tell you what the document ought to say.
Not sure which of these your case actually needs? Ask before you buy — that is what the pre-check exists for.
Asked before ordering, answered plainly
Is an e-notarised document legally valid in India?
The endorsement is made by a Notary appointed under the Notaries Act, 1952, exercising the same powers they exercise at a desk, and Indian law gives legal recognition to electronic records and digital signatures under the Information Technology Act, 2000. Indian courts have accepted electronically signed and notarised documents.
What has no single dedicated statute yet is remote notarisation specifically. In practice that means acceptance is very wide but not universal, and the deciding party is the authority receiving your document. Tell us who that is and we will tell you straight whether this is the right route.
Do I have to travel anywhere or be physically present?
No. You appear before the notary on a video call from wherever you are. What you do need is your original photo identity document physically in your hand during the call — a photograph or scan of it is not enough, because the notary is verifying the document as well as your face.
Who actually notarises it — and can I confirm they are real?
A practising Notary appointed by the Government under the Notaries Act, 1952, holding a Certificate of Practice and an official seal. You meet them on the call; you are not signing into an automated system.
Their name, seal and registration details appear on the notarised document, and the act carries a serial number from the Notarial Register — so the endorsement is traceable to a named, appointed officer rather than to a website.
Why is the video call recorded, and who can see the recording?
The recording is the evidence that the identity check actually happened — the one element a remote notarisation could otherwise be challenged on. It is retained with the file so the notarial act can be stood behind if it is ever questioned.
It is not published, not shared for marketing, and not handed out on request. It is held confidentially and released only where there is a lawful reason to do so.
How long does the whole thing take?
The call itself is usually under fifteen minutes. Most orders complete on the same working day once the document has passed pre-check and all signatories are available. What causes delay is almost never the notary — it is a draft that needs changing, a missing signatory, or an ID that does not match the name on the document.
What identity documents are accepted?
A current government-issued photo identity document, held in original on the call. The name on it must match the name on the document being notarised; if they differ — after a marriage or a name change, say — tell us at pre-check, because it needs handling before the call rather than during it.
Is a Digital Signature Certificate (DSC) included in the price?
The notary's is. Yours is not. The notary signs your document with their own Digital Signature Certificate, and that is covered by the fee — it is what makes the finished PDF tamper-evident.
A DSC in your name is a different thing, and you only need one if the document requires you to eSign it as well. Many documents do not: you sign on camera and the notary endorses it. Where yours does need one, it must be issued to you after your own identity verification, so it cannot be bundled into a notarial fee — we tell you at pre-check and you can buy the DSC from us separately.
Do I still need stamp paper?
Sometimes, and it is a genuinely separate question. Stamp duty is a statutory charge on certain instruments; notarisation is an endorsement of execution. One does not substitute for the other, and a notary cannot waive duty. Where your document attracts duty, we flag it at pre-check and tell you what is required before the call.
Is notarisation the same as apostille or MEA attestation?
No, and this is the most common and most expensive misunderstanding. Notarisation is a domestic endorsement by a notary. Apostille is a further certification by the Ministry of External Affairs for use in countries party to the Hague Convention, and embassy legalisation is the equivalent for countries that are not.
Notarisation is usually the first step of that chain, not a replacement for it. If your document is going abroad, say so before ordering so you are not left mid-chain.
Can more than one person sign the same document?
Yes. Every signatory the notary must witness needs to be on the call with their own original ID. Tell us how many signatories there are when you order so the slot is long enough — a signatory who turns up unannounced usually means a second sitting.
Can I use this from outside India?
Frequently, yes — being outside India is one of the main reasons people choose this over travelling to a notary's desk. What matters is that the document is for use in India and that the receiving authority accepts an e-notarisation. Where the document is instead intended for use in another country, the apostille or legalisation route above applies and should be planned first.
What if the authority refuses my notarised document?
This is precisely why we pre-check, and why we ask who the document is going to before booking a notary. If an authority is known to require wet ink or physical presence, we say so before you spend anything and point you at the right route instead.
If a refusal happens anyway, contact us with what the authority said. We will look at whether the document can be corrected and re-endorsed, and tell you honestly if it cannot. Our refund policy governs the commercial side.
How does the recipient check the file has not been altered?
The notary signs using a digital signature certificate, so the PDF carries a cryptographic signature. Any standard PDF reader will show the signature panel, name the signer and state whether the document has been modified since signing. Any later edit — even a single character — breaks the signature visibly. A scanned wet-ink stamp offers no equivalent check.
Get your document endorsed by an appointed notary
One recorded video call, a digitally signed and sealed PDF, and a serial number in the Notarial Register. Order now and we pre-check your draft before any notary time is booked.
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