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What if the issuing agent doesn’t personally know the foreign national signer but a trusted person i

This will depend on the circumstances presented in each case. Old Republic Title, through The Fund, will insure a transaction without exception involving an instrument that was notarized by a Virginia online notary, but the risk of loss will ultimately fall on the issuing-agent if there was identity fraud in the foreign national’s signing process.


This will depend on the circumstances presented in each case. Old Republic Title, through The Fund, will insure a transaction without exception involving an instrument that was notarized by a Virginia online notary, but the risk of loss will ultimately fall on the issuing-agent if there was identity fraud in the foreign national’s signing process.