The National Notary Association (NNA) is a U.S.-based non-profit membership organization that provides education, training, certification, publications, reference materials and professional resources for notaries public; it promotes standardized best practices, integrity in notarial acts, fraud prevention, and public confidence in notarial services.
Typically advocates for notary-related legislation and regulation such as modernization and uniformity of state notary laws, adoption of electronic notarization and remote online notarization (RON) standards, identity-verification and anti-fraud measures, required training and certification, recordkeeping and accountability rules, and policies that support notary professionalization.
Primarily funded by membership dues and fees for training and certification programs, sales of publications and notary supplies, conferences and webinars, and revenue from services such as background checks and errors-and-omissions insurance products.
Works with state notary administrators and secretaries of state offices, the Uniform Law Commission, state bar and legal organizations, and private technology vendors and service providers in the electronic and remote notarization space.
Non-profit membership association (professional/trade association).
