TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Berkley Schwarz on Apr 2, 2020

The TBA has organized a Remote Notary/Witness Task Force made up of attorneys from affected practice areas to discuss how attorneys can help their clients with wills and other legal documents that require witnesses or notarization, while also trying to protect the safety of their clients and themselves during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Task Force met today and discussed different options, including looking at actions other states have taken on this topic. Tennessee has a remote online notary statute, but because a will must be executed in the presence of two or more witnesses who must be physically present when the will is executed, the remote online notary statute doesn’t apply to wills.