John Bayne

Remote Online Notarization Florida’s RON Reality Check for 2026: Updating Old Lists for a Digital World Only seen in grainy photographs — the kind resembling a robbery suspect on a mini-mart camera — but rumored to exist: the elusive underwriter in the wild, a creature rarely seen by the naked eye. I’ve never met one … Read more

Remote Online Notarization Is It Really UPL If the Attorney Doesn’t Know the Rule? This is one of those RON stories where my real-life calm, steady professional tone stays intact, but my internal monologue quietly writes a blog afterward.Attorneys know drafting. We know execution. And sometimes those two universes collide in ways that produce very … Read more

Remote Online Notarization Security Deepfake Detection in RON: The Latest Buzzword Looking for a Problem to Solve Deepfake detection is the newest attention-grabber in the online notarization world. It’s marketed aggressively, sounds futuristic, and looks impressive in a sales deck — but it’s nowhere close to the transformative security breakthrough some platforms are pitching. What … Read more

Continuing Species Series — Field Guide to Florida Notaries The Stamper: Florida’s Most Common Notary Species Welcome back, explorer. Today we once again trek into the vibrant notarial landscapes of Florida to observe the most common, energetic, and perplexing creature ever entrusted with legal responsibility: The Stamper. Look closely—there it is, perched between Amazon returns … Read more

Florida Wills & Electronic Wills Why Self-Proving Affidavits Fail — And Why Families Don’t Discover It Until Probate When a Florida will is deposited for probate, the first question the clerk must answer is brutally simple: “Is this will self-proving?” If yes, the will glides through like a VIP at the airport. If not, the … Read more

Mobile fingerprinting is more capable than ever, but it’s not a replacement for LiveScan in every situation. Here’s when mobile ink printing works flawlessly—and when Florida law requires a LiveScan appointment with a digital photo.

Thinking of Using Stepparent Forms for a Relative Adoption? Sit Down. We Need to Talk. Why This Misconception Keeps Circulating If you’re trying to complete a relative adoption in Florida, you’ve probably heard the classic bad advice — usually from someone who really should know better — that you can just grab the stepparent adoption … Read more

A New Kind of Real-Estate Fraud After thirty years in law enforcement, I’ve seen every kind of fraud under the sun—from bad checks to exotic scams that would make a Nigerian prince blush. But the newest one making the rounds in real estate deserves its own category: seller impersonation fraud. It’s clever, it’s quiet, and … Read more