Practice question
A traditional notary with no electronic commission is asked to treat a routine document signing at a private resort villa as permissible because electronic notaries have a separate regime. The villa is not the notary’s regular office, no listed exception applies, and no ULAS service is involved. Resolve the place objection.
- Every electronic rule automatically expands a traditional commission.
- The proposed traditional act is barred there; a separate electronic regime does not supply the missing traditional-place exception.
- A resort villa is always a public function area.
- Client convenience creates a general fifth exception.
- The notary may choose either regime without its separate commission.
Legal references
- A.M. No. 02-8-13-SC, 2004 Rules on Notarial Practice, Rules III, IV and VI, official collation pp. 1707–1716: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/assets/pdf/journals/Collation_and_Codification_of_SC_Issuance_DIGITAL.pdf
- A.M. No. 24-10-14-SC, February 4, 2025, Rules on Electronic Notarization, Rule I, Sections 1–2 (separate regimes): https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/11/98644
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