World Wide Notary (WWN)
(Privately Held Texas Corporation). As more and more counties are exploring
creative ways to offer better public services with stricter budget guidelines,
Johnston County of North Carolina is leading the nation by erecording esigned
surveying maps.
Led by Secretary of State Elaine F. Marshall who chaired the electronic
notarization standard setting committee for the National Association of
Secretaries of State (NASS), she has long been an advocate of electronic
commerce in North Carolina. "This is a great historic moment in the development
of eCommerce in North Carolina," Secretary Marshall said at the annual
conference of the North Carolina Society of Surveyors. She continued, "This is
exactly why we invested so much energy in developing our state's standards for
electronic recording-so that we could move important legal business filings to a
quick, efficient conclusion that also helps the public have better access to
them."
"It is an exciting time here in North Carolina to work with surveyors to be
able to accept plat maps electronically. This will increase productivity in
their offices as well as the Register of Deeds offices. This process will save
time and money for all parties involved. The method of submission is more secure
than any other method of delivery to the Register of Deeds office," said Craig
Olive, Johnston County Register of Deeds.
"The Johnston County Planning Department is excited to offer this streamlined
plat eRecording process to continue its enhancement of customer service. By
incorporating eRecording of plats into its daily operations, the department is
able to advance its mission of providing efficient and innovative services for
its customers and citizens," said Berry Gray, Planning Director.
The North Carolina Society of Surveyors and its Johnston County Chapter has
been instrumental in making the pilot project a success. Pilot participants
included: WWN, EDL, Johnston County Register of Deeds, Johnston County Planning
Office, Byrd Surveying, McKim and Creed, and True Line Surveying. "I would like
to thank everyone for their outstanding efforts to make this pilot a success and
an example for other counties and surveyors to follow. This protocol of
acquiring multiple signatures from multiple locations is a template that could
be implemented by most municipalities, states and other professional
disciplines," said Sheila Hemphill, Vice President of Sales for WWN.
According to Linwood Byrd, Jr. with Byrd Surveying, P.A.. "The ability to
eRecord maps will save time and money for both land surveyors and their clients,
and will bring land surveyors into the world of eRecording. The ability to track
the status of the map through the approval process will expedite the signing and
recordation process."
"By capitalizing on our respective strengths in the world of electronic
documents, EDL and WWN have made an important step forward together in
electronic document-based commerce. We owe great thanks to Secretary Marshall as
well as the pioneering surveyors and visionary county officials who have put
forth so much effort to make this extremely significant event possible", said
Tim Davis, CTO with EDL.
Utilizing WWN's esigning and enotarization solution DigaSign, the surveyors
export a PDF map from their CAD system. In DigaSign, the surveyor designates who
should be signing the map and locates the signature and date coordinates with a
simple "point and place" technique. An email is automatically sent to all of the
designated signers that contains a package key and password that grants them
access to review and electronically sign the plat map in DigaSign. The
signatures on the map look identical to a paper document. DigaSign utilizes an
USB biometric signature pad that not only captures the image of the signature
but also captures the rhythm, pattern and skip sequences that makes the
signature unique to the signer. Once all signatures are acquired, a completion
email is automatically sent to all parties.
The surveyor exports a PDF from
DigaSign to store on their local hard drive. The surveyor then logs into EDL's
SubmitPRO web-based eRecording application where they select the County Register
of Deeds, attach the signed PDF map and submit the map electronically. The
Register of Deeds electronically stamps the annotation in the left margin of the
map. The surveyor logs into EDL and retrieves the County eRecorded map. The
surveyor can then print out paper copies of the plat map if municipality or
county officials request a paper copy.
About World Wide Notary:
World Wide Notary, a privately
held Texas Corporation, is a leading provider of electronic signature and
electronic professional seal technology. World Wide Notary's technology can be
utilized by any industry needing multiple signatures and/or professional seal
approvals from multiple locations. Professional seals could be for example
notaries, architects, surveyors, geologists and government officials. Pioneering
electronic signatures, as early as 1996, World Wide Notary's management team has
years of experience in the Internet technology industry working with stringent
federal mandates, such as HIPAA, E-SIGN and state UETA regulations, regarding
security and the use of electronic and digital signatures.
About EDL:
Founded in 2003 and headquartered in
Raleigh, North Carolina, Electronic Document Logistics (EDL) specializes in the
creation, submission and recordation of electronic documents. With a suite of
web-based applications for both document filers and county recorders, EDL
enables its customers to take maximum advantage of Internet technology to create
significant time and cost savings in document-based business processes.
Historic eCommerce event World Wide Notary and EDL eSign and eRecord Maps and Plats to County Clerks of North Carolina
February 12, 2010
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