Journal & state rules
Journal lines, voids and corrections, and what your state asks for.
Guides
- Fill in a journal lineAt close-out, a line for each act — the act, the signer, the document, how they were identified, the fee, and where it is in your journal. What each field asks, on the web and on the phone.
- How your journal works in Hand & SealAn index of your journal — a line for each act, written when you close out, each pointing at where the act is in your journal. What's kept, how to find a line, and how to keep a copy.
- Read a driver's license barcode into a journal lineWhere your state allows it, Read the ID's barcode fills a journal line's name, address, kind of ID, expiry and last four from the back of a license — with no picture taken or kept.
- Read your state's rules as the app applies themSettings → State rules — a summary of your state's journal, ID and fee rules as Hand & Seal applies them, the law each comes from, changes coming on a date, and how far they've been checked.
- Void a journal line, correct it, or add an act you left offA journal line is never rewritten. Void it with a reason, add an amendment beside it, or add an act you forgot at close-out — at no charge, or billed on an invoice of its own.
Questions
- Can I do signings by video (RON)?Only where your state allows it, once you've added what it requires. The video signing runs on your RON platform; here a job By video is booked, priced to your state's limit and closed out.
- Is Hand & Seal my official journal?No. Where your state requires a paper journal, your bound book is the legal record — the signer signs it. Hand & Seal keeps an index of it, pointing at each act's book, page and line.
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