The short answer: Title agents, lenders, and businesses can designate team members as in-house notaries (IHNs) to notarize documents on Proof.
Read Create an in-house notary account for details on account setup and how long onboarding takes.
Who Can Use In-House Notaries
In-house notaries are available to business and real estate organizations on the Premium tier and higher. If your organization isn't on Premium tier or higher, visit our pricing page to explore upgrade options.
States That Allow In-House Notaries
Proof supports in-house notaries in the following 31 states. If your state isn't listed, Proof does not currently support IHNs there — check back as availability continues to expand.
- Alaska
- Arizona
- Arkansas
- Colorado
- Florida
- Idaho
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Maryland
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Missouri
- Montana
- Nebraska
- Nevada
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- New York
- North Dakota
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Virginia
- Washington
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
What In-House Notaries Can Do
In-house notaries can:
- Prepare documents, access completed documents, and notarize documents.
- Use Identify transactions as an added layer of security.
- Use personally known to notary (PKN) as a method of identity verification, if it's enabled for their organization.
- Retain access to their notary journal, even if the account associated with their organization's Proof account is deactivated.
In-house notaries do not answer calls from the on-demand queue and can only complete transactions on behalf of their employer or themselves.
For more information about features for in-house notary, on-demand notary, and notaries sourcing transactions, review Notary capacities overview.
Requirements for Notaries Per Capacity
The table below shows how IHN requirements compare to on-demand notaries (ODNs) and notary-sourced transaction notaries (NSTs). A notary may hold both ODN and NST capacity depending on their state.
| Notary Profile Item | ODN | NST | IHN |
| Traditional and RON Commission | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Proof Digital Certificate | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Proof Platform Training | ✅ | ✅ | required WI & MT |
| Notary Skills Training | ✅ | ✅ | |
| Signature & Seal provided by the Proof platform | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| NNA number1 | ✅ | ||
| NSA certification training and exam | ✅ | ||
| NSA required background check | ✅ | ||
| E&O insurance | ✅ | optional | optional |
| Account payment (how the notary pays Proof fees) | ✅ | ✅ | |
| Signer payout (how Proof/signers pay the notary)2 | ✅ | ✅ |
1 Required for ODNs; optional for NSTs and IHNs depending on their state.
2 ODNs who act as NSTs must collect payment from their signers outside of the Proof platform.
Summary Checklist
- IHNs are available to business and real estate organizations on Premium tier and higher.
- IHNs can notarize documents, use Identify transactions, and retain journal access — but do not work the on-demand queue.
- IHNs require a Traditional and RON Commission and a Proof Digital Certificate; Proof Platform Training is required in WI and MT only.
- Proof supports IHNs in 31 states — check the list above to confirm your state is included.
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