We have reached the middle of the calendar year. The first half of 2020 is in the review mirror. This has been a banner year to set the stage for your brain and body to feel every emotion; the good, the bad and the ugly. I have had surges of joy and have been fraught with despair.

Life is full of change right now. Faced with the COVID-19 pandemic, people are re-evaluating both their personal and professional lives on an unprecedented scale. And every field and industry is responding in unique and innovative ways. That’s true of attorneys, too.

Iowa is a Remote Online Notary state. There are many legal documents that require a notary public signature. To name a few: real estate deeds, mortgage contracts, last will and testament and powers of attorney. Until recently, a notary public had to be in the same room as the signer for the document to be legally notarized.