I’m getting ready for 2025; all Vermont notaries start their next two-year term on February 1, 2025. So (in a separate Windows folder) I’m creating loose certificates with my name, new expiration date, etc., for each kind of notarial act. I’m also creating draft certificates for electronic documents, because I think the Vermont electronic notarization rules will be completed within a few months. Because of the new rules, I’m adding “This notarial act was performed electronically on an electronic record.” That’s from the new draft rules.
Also, for the electronic certificates, I deleted the box at the bottom where I describe the document the certificate is attached to, since the X.509 digital signature makes the whole document tamper-evident. I see no need for a document description in an electronic notarization. What do others think?