> ## Knowledge Base Index > Fetch the complete knowledge base index at: https://help.bluenotary.us/sitemap.xml > Use this file to discover available pages before exploring further. > Pure-Markdown content can be obtained by appending a '.md' suffix to the content URLs listed in the sitemap (without the trailing slash). # RON Approval Documents - Acceptable Submissions ## What We Accept We accept two things, and both have to come from your state: 1. **Your official RON Approval Certificate issued by your Secretary of State (SOS) or Department of State (DOS). This can be a photo, screenshot, or pdf works fine.** 2. **A screenshot of your RON credentials from your state's official notary lookup site.** **Please also ensure you have indicated to your SOS/DOS that you will be using __BlueNotary__ as your vendor/technology provider. Also, check out** [**What States Have Approved BlueNotary for their Notaries**](https://help.bluenotary.us/en/article/what-states-have-approved-bluenotary-for-their-notaries-16uwy2b/) ## What Your Document Needs to Show Whichever option you use, we need to be able to read: * **Your RON, Remote Online Notary, or eNotary designation** * **Your full legal name, matching the name on your BlueNotary account. If your commission includes a middle name or initial, your account needs it too.** * **Your commission or notary ID number** * **Your commission expiration date** * **Vendor or technology provider information, if your state lists it** **If any of these are missing or unreadable, we'll have to send it back, which slows your approval down.** ## What We __Can't__ Accept * **Document confirming only traditional notary public credentials** * **Training course certificates, exam results, or course completion documents (including NNA)** * **Screenshots from third-party notary directories or search sites** * **Documents for a commission that has already expired** ## State-Specific Requirements [**Alaska**](https://help.bluenotary.us/en/article/alabama-rin-special-conditions-1o6mko2/) and [**Connecticut**](https://help.bluenotary.us/en/article/connecticut-online-notary-registration-tg65ay/)**:** These are **Remote Ink Notarization (RIN)** states, not RON. There is no separate RON approval document to submit, so please upload your commission certificate or screenshot from the state's database confirming your notary details. **New York**: Please upload your **email confirming your exemplar submission** from your state. After receiving approval for ron with your state, you will be required to submit your exemplar right after, please upload a screenshot of that email as your **RON Approval Document.** [Here is how you can create your NY Exemplar on your BN account.](https://youtu.be/uT6mqbaZbGk?si=SMfB4E8p6Sr0QfJC) **Texas:** You must upload the **__notarized__** Texas Online Notary Public Commission certificate you received from the Texas SOS after receiving your RON approval. *A screenshot of the state website will __not__ be accepted for Texas.* **Pennsylvania.** Along with your document, we have to approve your application on the PA notary portal. Once you've submitted your application stating that you will be using BlueNotary as your vendor, please reach out to us so we can complete that step. **Wisconsin.** After you apply and add BlueNotary as your vendor, reach out to us with your **__Notary ID__** so we can process your approval on the Wisconsin portal. This step means Wisconsin approvals usually take a little longer than other states. ## SOS Online Notary Database * Alabama — [https://arc-sos.state.al.us/CGI/notename.mbr/input](https://arc-sos.state.al.us/CGI/notename.mbr/input) * Alaska — [https://aws.state.ak.us/NotaryDirectory/Commissions/Search](https://aws.state.ak.us/NotaryDirectory/Commissions/Search) * Arizona — [https://apps.azsos.gov/apps/notary/search/Default.aspx](https://apps.azsos.gov/apps/notary/search/Default.aspx) * Arkansas — [https://bcs.sos.arkansas.gov/search/notary/](https://bcs.sos.arkansas.gov/search/notary/) * California — [https://www.sos.ca.gov/notary/notary-public-listing](https://www.sos.ca.gov/notary/notary-public-listing) (downloadable list, no live search) * Colorado — [https://www.sos.state.co.us/notary/pages/public/verifyNotary.xhtml](https://www.sos.state.co.us/notary/pages/public/verifyNotary.xhtml) * Connecticut — [https://www.elicense.ct.gov/lookup/licenselookup.aspx](https://www.elicense.ct.gov/lookup/licenselookup.aspx) * Delaware — [https://data.delaware.gov/Licenses-and-Certifications/Notaries-Commissioned-in-Delaware/q8dr-mj6p/data\_preview](https://data.delaware.gov/Licenses-and-Certifications/Notaries-Commissioned-in-Delaware/q8dr-mj6p/data_preview) * District of Columbia — reach out to SOS. * Florida (remote) — [https://online-notary.sunbiz.org/](https://online-notary.sunbiz.org/) * Hawaii — [https://notary.ehawaii.gov/notary/public/publicsearch.html](https://notary.ehawaii.gov/notary/public/publicsearch.html) * Idaho — [https://sosbiz.idaho.gov/search/notary](https://sosbiz.idaho.gov/search/notary) * Illinois — [https://portal.ilsos.gov/notarysearch.html](https://portal.ilsos.gov/notarysearch.html) * Indiana — [https://search.notary.sos.in.gov/](https://search.notary.sos.in.gov/) * Iowa — [https://sos.iowa.gov/search/notary/search.aspx](https://sos.iowa.gov/search/notary/search.aspx) * Kansas — [https://sos.ks.gov/general-services/notary\_public/notary-search.aspx](https://sos.ks.gov/general-services/notary_public/notary-search.aspx) * Kentucky — [https://web.sos.ky.gov/notaries/SearchNotaries.aspx](https://web.sos.ky.gov/notaries/SearchNotaries.aspx) * Louisiana — [https://www.sos.la.gov/notary/search-for-notaries](https://www.sos.la.gov/notary/search-for-notaries) * Maine — [https://apps1.web.maine.gov/cgi-bin/online/notary/search/search\_index.pl](https://apps1.web.maine.gov/cgi-bin/online/notary/search/search_index.pl) * Maryland — [https://mdsos2.my.site.com/s/search-notary-database](https://mdsos2.my.site.com/s/search-notary-database) * Massachusetts — reach out to SOS. * Michigan — [https://dsvsesvc.sos.state.mi.us/TAP/](https://dsvsesvc.sos.state.mi.us/TAP/) * Minnesota — [https://notary.sos.state.mn.us/Search/SearchForNotary](https://notary.sos.state.mn.us/Search/SearchForNotary) * Mississippi — [https://www.sos.ms.gov/business-services/notary-public-search](https://www.sos.ms.gov/business-services/notary-public-search) * Missouri — [https://s1.sos.mo.gov/Business/Notary/Search/NotarySearch.aspx](https://s1.sos.mo.gov/Business/Notary/Search/NotarySearch.aspx) * Montana — [https://biz.sosmt.gov/search/notary](https://biz.sosmt.gov/search/notary) * Nebraska — [https://business.nebraska.gov/search/notary](https://business.nebraska.gov/search/notary) * Nevada — [https://esos.nv.gov/NotarySearchOnline/NotarySearchExternal](https://esos.nv.gov/NotarySearchOnline/NotarySearchExternal) * New Hampshire — reach out to SOS. * New Jersey — [https://www.nj.gov/treasury/revenue/notary.shtml](https://www.nj.gov/treasury/revenue/notary.shtml) * New Mexico — [https://enterprise.sos.nm.gov/search/notary](https://enterprise.sos.nm.gov/search/notary) * New York — [https://data.ny.gov/Economic-Development/Commissioned-NYS-Notaries-Public/rwbv-mz6z/data\_preview](https://data.ny.gov/Economic-Development/Commissioned-NYS-Notaries-Public/rwbv-mz6z/data_preview) * North Carolina — [https://www.sosnc.gov/online\_services/Notary\_Search/notary\_search](https://www.sosnc.gov/online_services/Notary_Search/notary_search) * North Dakota — [https://firststop.sos.nd.gov/search/notary](https://firststop.sos.nd.gov/search/notary) * Ohio — [https://notarysearch.ohiosos.gov/](https://notarysearch.ohiosos.gov/) * Oklahoma — [https://www.sos.ok.gov/notary/search.aspx](https://www.sos.ok.gov/notary/search.aspx) * Oregon — [https://data.oregon.gov/business/Notary-Public-Directory/m934-wp3t/data\_preview](https://data.oregon.gov/business/Notary-Public-Directory/m934-wp3t/data_preview) * Pennsylvania — [https://www.notaries.pa.gov/Pages/SearchENotary.aspx](https://www.notaries.pa.gov/Pages/SearchENotary.aspx) * Rhode Island — [https://business.sos.ri.gov/PublicNotarySearch/Home](https://business.sos.ri.gov/PublicNotarySearch/Home) * South Carolina — [https://search.scsos.com/notaries](https://search.scsos.com/notaries) * South Dakota — [https://sosenterprise.sd.gov/BusinessServices/Notary/NotarySearch.aspx](https://sosenterprise.sd.gov/BusinessServices/Notary/NotarySearch.aspx) * Tennessee — [https://tncab.tnsos.gov/portal/notary-search](https://tncab.tnsos.gov/portal/notary-search) * Texas — [https://direct.sos.state.tx.us/notaries/NotarySearch.asp](https://direct.sos.state.tx.us/notaries/NotarySearch.asp) * Utah — [https://secure.utah.gov/notary/search.html](https://secure.utah.gov/notary/search.html) * Vermont — [https://sos.vermont.gov/notaries-public/](https://sos.vermont.gov/notaries-public/) * Virginia — [https://soc-notary.azurewebsites.net/search](https://soc-notary.azurewebsites.net/search) * Washington — [https://professions.dol.wa.gov/s/license-lookup](https://professions.dol.wa.gov/s/license-lookup) * West Virginia — [https://erls.wvsos.gov/NotarySearchOnline/NotarySearchExternal](https://erls.wvsos.gov/NotarySearchOnline/NotarySearchExternal) * Wisconsin — [https://apps.dfi.wi.gov/apps/NotarySearch/SearchCriteria.aspx](https://apps.dfi.wi.gov/apps/NotarySearch/SearchCriteria.aspx) * Wyoming — reach out to SOS. # How to Upload your RON Approval Document ${youtube}[How to Upload Your RON Approval Document](NgUxS_CXjCs) ${youtube}[Getting Approved on BlueNotary](Nyod334_O9U) # How to Become an Online Notary in Each State * Alabama [How to Become an Online Notary in Alabama](https://bluenotary.us/how-to-become-an-online-notary-in-alabama/) -- * Alaska [How to Become an Online Notary in Alaska](https://bluenotary.us/notary-alaska-how-to-become-an-notary-in-alaska/) -- * Arizona [How to Become an Online Notary in Arizona](https://bluenotary.us/how-to-become-an-online-notary-in-arizona/) -- * Arkansas [How to Become an Online Notary in Arkansas](https://bluenotary.us/how-to-become-an-online-notary-in-arkansas/) -- * California [How to Become an Online Notary in California](https://bluenotary.us/how-to-become-an-online-notary-in-california/) -- * Colorado [How to Become an Online Notary in Colorado](https://bluenotary.us/how-to-become-an-online-notary-in-colorado/) -- * Connecticut [How to Become an Online Notary in Connecticut](https://bluenotary.us/how-to-become-an-online-notary-in-connecticut/) -- * Delaware [How to Become an Online Notary in Delaware](https://bluenotary.us/how-to-become-an-online-notary-in-delaware/) -- * District of Columbia [How to Become an Online Notary in Washington DC](https://bluenotary.us/how-to-become-an-online-notary-in-the-district-of-columbia/) -- * Florida [How to Become an Online Notary in Florida](https://bluenotary.us/register-as-a-florida-online-notary-public/) -- * Georgia [How to Become an Online Notary in Georgia](https://bluenotary.us/how-to-become-an-online-notary-in-georgia/) -- * Hawaii [How to Become an Online Notary in Hawaii](https://bluenotary.us/how-to-become-an-online-notary-in-hawaii/) -- * Idaho [How to Become an Online Notary in Idaho](https://bluenotary.us/how-to-become-an-online-notary-in-idaho/) -- * Illinois [How to Become an Online Notary in Illinois](https://bluenotary.us/how-to-become-an-online-notary-in-illinois/) -- * Indiana [How to Become an Online Notary in Indiana](https://bluenotary.us/how-to-become-an-online-notary-in-indiana/) -- * Iowa [How to Become an Online Notary in Iowa](https://bluenotary.us/how-to-become-an-online-notary-in-iowa/) -- * Kansas [How to Become an Online Notary in Kansas](https://bluenotary.us/how-to-become-an-online-notary-in-kansas/) -- * Kentucky [How to Become an Online Notary in Kentucky](https://bluenotary.us/how-to-become-a-remote-online-notary-kentucky/) -- * Louisiana [How to Become an Online Notary in Louisiana](https://bluenotary.us/how-to-become-an-online-notary-in-louisiana/) -- * Maine [How to Become an Online Notary in Maine](https://bluenotary.us/how-to-become-an-online-notary-in-maine/) -- * Maryland [How to Become an Online Notary in Maryland](https://bluenotary.us/how-to-become-an-online-notary-in-maryland/) -- * Massachusetts [How to Become an Online Notary in Massachusetts](https://bluenotary.us/how-to-become-a-notary-public-in-massachusetts/) -- * Michigan [How to Become an Online Notary in Michigan](https://bluenotary.us/how-to-become-an-online-notary-in-michigan/) -- * Minnesota [How to Become an Online Notary in Minnesota](https://bluenotary.us/how-to-become-an-online-notary-in-minnesota/) -- * Mississippi [How to Become an Online Notary in Mississippi](https://bluenotary.us/how-to-become-an-online-notary-in-mississippi/) -- * Missouri [How to Become an Online Notary in Missouri](https://bluenotary.us/how-to-become-an-online-notary-in-missouri/) -- * Montana [How to Become an Online Notary in Montana](https://bluenotary.us/how-to-become-an-online-notary-in-montana/) -- * Nebraska [How to Become an Online Notary in Nebraska](https://bluenotary.us/how-to-become-an-online-notary-in-nebraska/) -- * Nevada [How to Become an Online Notary in Nevada](https://bluenotary.us/how-to-become-an-online-notary-in-nevada-new/) -- * New Hampshire [How to Become an Online Notary in New Hampshire](https://bluenotary.us/how-to-become-an-online-notary-in-new-hampshire/) -- * New Jersey [How to Become an Online Notary in New Jersey](https://bluenotary.us/how-to-become-an-online-notary-in-new-jersey/) -- * New Mexico [How to Become an Online Notary in New Mexico](https://bluenotary.us/how-to-become-an-online-notary-in-new-mexico/) -- * New York [How to Become an Online Notary in New York](https://bluenotary.us/how-to-become-an-online-notary-new-york/) -- * North Carolina [How to Become an Online Notary in North Carolina](https://bluenotary.us/how-to-become-an-online-notary-in-north-carolina/) -- * North Dakota [How to Become an Online Notary in North Dakota](https://bluenotary.us/how-to-become-an-online-notary-in-north-dakota/) -- * Ohio [How to Become an Online Notary in Ohio](https://bluenotary.us/how-to-become-an-online-notary-in-ohio-new/) -- * Oklahoma [How to Become an Online Notary in Oklahoma](https://bluenotary.us/how-to-become-an-online-notary-in-oklahoma/) -- * Oregon [How to Become an Online Notary in Oregon](https://bluenotary.us/how-to-become-an-online-notary-in-oregon/) -- * Pennsylvania [How to Become an Online Notary in Pennsylvania](https://bluenotary.us/how-to-become-an-online-notary-in-pennslyvania/) -- * Rhode Island [How to Become an Online Notary in Rhode Island](https://bluenotary.us/how-to-become-an-online-notary-in-rhode-island/) -- * South Carolina [How to Become an Online Notary in South Carolina](https://bluenotary.us/how-to-become-an-online-notary-in-south-carolina/) -- * South Dakota [How to Become an Online Notary in South Dakota](https://bluenotary.us/becoming-an-online-notary-south-dakota/) -- * Tennessee [How to Become an Online Notary in Tennessee](https://bluenotary.us/how-to-become-an-online-notary-in-tennessee/) -- * Texas [How to Become an Online Notary in Texas](https://bluenotary.us/how-to-become-an-online-notary-in-texas/) -- * Utah [How to Become an Online Notary in Utah](https://bluenotary.us/how-to-become-a-remote-online-notary-utah/) -- * Vermont [How to Become an Online Notary in Vermont](https://bluenotary.us/how-to-become-an-online-notary-vermont/) -- * Virginia [How to Become an Online Notary in Virginia](https://bluenotary.us/how-to-become-an-online-notary-in-virginia/) -- * Washington [How to Become an Online Notary in Washington](https://bluenotary.us/how-to-become-an-online-notary-in-washington/) -- * West Virginia [How to Become an Online Notary in West Virginia](https://bluenotary.us/how-to-become-an-online-notary-in-west-virginia/) -- * Wisconsin [How to Become an Online Notary in Wisconsin](https://bluenotary.us/how-to-become-an-online-notary-in-wisconsin/) -- * Wyoming [How to Become an Online Notary in Wyoming](https://bluenotary.us/how-to-become-an-online-notary-in-wyoming/)