The Notary Seal Guide

Your seal is what turns a document you have reviewed into a document the law recognises as notarised. This course…

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Last Updated : August 1, 2026

Your seal is what turns a document you have reviewed into a document the law recognises as notarised. This course walks through what it must contain, physical and digital, how to apply it correctly, and how to tell a genuine seal from a forged one.

Six short lessons, in order:

1
What Your Seal Represents
The legal basis for your appointment and why the seal is treated as an authentication feature, not decoration.
2
The Physical Seal
Required specifications, size, and the information every valid physical seal must display.
3
The Digital Seal
What backs an eSeal, the security requirements around it, and how it is verified.
4
A Note on Placement
Where a seal belongs on a document, covered briefly here and in full in a separate course.
5
Recognising a Valid Seal, Spotting a Forged One
The checks that separate a genuine seal from a counterfeit, and what to do if you suspect misuse.
6
What the Law Requires
Section 5(2) of the Notaries Public Act, ex officio seal requirements, and keeping your records current with the Chief Registrar.
This course is self paced, and built as a reference you can return to whenever you need to double check what a compliant seal should look like.

Curriculum

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  • 6 Lessons
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Ife has worked across banking and finance, technology, education, and operations over the course of his career, building a practical, hands on understanding of how organisations actually run. He is a Lead Implementer for both ISO/IEC 27001 (Information Security Management Systems) and ISO 22301 (Business Continuity Management Systems), a Lead Auditor for ISO 9001:2015 (Quality Management Systems), and holds an ITIL 4 certification.

A passion for teaching runs through much of this. In addition to being an instructor at the School of Document Security, he currently serves as Chief Operating Officer of ToNote Technologies Limited. When he is not doing any of the above, you can catch him reading, playing chess, or worrying about Manchester United FC.

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