# Notarization

URL: /systems/legal-and-corporate/notarization · Id: `capability:notarization`

> Notarization has a commissioned notary notarize a signer’s Document online and returns the certificate and journal entry as records.

Notarization has a commissioned notary notarize a signer’s [Document](/business/nouns/document) online, and returns the notarial certificate and journal record.

## Contract
| Clause | Terms |
| --- | --- |
| Starts | Another capability needs a notarized signature: a postal authorization, a foreign filing or a transfer. |
| Signs | The signer appears on video with government ID ([Identity checks](/systems/legal-and-corporate/floor/identity)). The notary performs a [Reserved Act](/business/nouns/reserved-act) ([Licensed acts](/systems/legal-and-corporate/floor/licensed-acts)). |
| Turnaround | A notary session within one business day of the request. |
| Records | The notarized Document and an [Attestation](/business/nouns/attestation) naming the notary’s commission. |
| While held | On demand, for any signer the [Company](/business/nouns/company) needs. |

## Verbs
| Verb | Object | Event |
| --- | --- | --- |
| [Action.attest](/business/nouns/action/attest) | [Action](/business/nouns/action) | [`Action.attested`](/business/events/Action.attested) |

## Interfaces
- [API](/code/api/reference)
- [SDK](/code/sdk/reference)
- [CLI](/code/cli/reference)
- [MCP](/code/mcp/reference)

## Upstream
notarizations.services, under an Agreement.

## Example
A translation marketplace needs a notarized officer certificate to register with a foreign agency. The officer joins a 12-minute session the next morning, and the sealed Document is on the Company record by noon.