Why are there no online notary services in the EU?

Question

I'm in Denmark right now, and we need to notarize documents, the notary public is closed for anything that is not a business (which seems pretty unfair). So I looked for online notary services and it doesn't seem like I can find any EU ones, I suppose there must be a reason (like an EU ruling making it not worthwhile etc.)

chewz · Accepted Answer

Because notary is Europe has different status then in US.
European notary is responsible for veryfing authenticity of all documents provided by his clients. And he is liable in case he makes a mistake.
http://www.notaries-of-europe.eu//index.php?pageID=191
https://www.mdpryke-notary.com/2010/03/uk-notaries-public-%E...

Kaibeezy · Answer

In the US, individual states had to affirmatively enact law to allow it. Virginia was the first, which I recall as they were the only place I could find one back around 2010 for a transaction. There are still only a few, slowly increasing.
In the UK, I believe they are only authorized within the City of London (=/= “London”). But it looks like they can do “international” documents.
The gripping hand here is whether your receiving party will accept an online notarized doc even if you can get it done. Best to confirm that first.

pagutierrezn · Answer

Very good question. Probably because an online service that lets you sign documents electronically and keeps these documents in a public repository is so simple these days that would make evident that many notary services are not needed anymore