Opens 19 October 2026
Online Notarization (E-Notarization)
From 19 October 2026, a notary can notarize a PDF instead of paper, either with you in the same room or over a video call. The Supreme Court published the rules on 4 February 2025 (A.M. No. 24-10-14-SC) and opens the service on 19 October 2026.
Two Ways to Do It
In Person, With a Digital Document
You and the notary are in the same place. The document is a PDF instead of paper.
Over a Video Call
You and any witnesses join by video, through an online platform the Supreme Court has approved.
What It Covers
- PDF documents, including a scan of a paper document.
- The notary adds an electronic signature and a digital seal with a barcode or QR code anyone can use to check it.
- An electronic notary can serve you anywhere in the Philippines. A regular notary can only notarize within their own area.
- If you are abroad, you must be at a Philippine embassy or consulate for it.
- Not every notary can do it. A lawyer needs a separate permission to notarize online.
Not Covered
- Documents signed in ink on paper
- Wills
- Depositions (sworn testimony taken for a court case)
Where It Stands
The Supreme Court published the rules in 2025 and announced on 19 August 2026 that online notarization opens to the public on 19 October 2026, through platforms it approves, once the first electronic notaries are commissioned. Until then, notarization is on paper, in person. Its Electronic Notary Services page has the details and the rules. The IBP (the lawyers' association) runs its own, IBP eNotary. Ask your notary whether they offer it and what it costs.
eNotaries.ph does not book online notarizations and gets nothing from any platform.
Not legal advice. This is general information. For advice on your own situation, consult a lawyer. If you cannot afford one, the Public Attorney's Office (PAO) or an IBP legal aid office may help for free.