Remote and/or Socially Distanced Options for Real Estate Closings

Posted on Apr 16th, 2020

In keeping with this commitment, the following is the update on our policies and procedures:


MAILAWAY OR EMAIL-AWAY:

We can overnight mail or email all closing documents for clients to sign with a notary in a location of their choosing and coordination. For notary services, we recommend sources such as the NC Secretary of State (www.sosnc.gov/divisions/notary), www.123notary.com and/or www.notaryrotary.com which can help you locate notaries for where and when preferred. We can and are happy to schedule a video and/or audio conference to review all documents during the signing, and can even join in realtors and/or loan officers too, to create a more personal closing experience.

GRCC’S MOUNTAIN AIR & AT-OFFICE NOTARIZATION:

We can schedule a time for an at-office appointment for clients to sign all closing documents and/or notary-required documents with us as your notary, with no physical or close contact required. We schedule first for our open-air tent at our Downtown location, where the signing is outside in a fresh mountain air environment. If preferred, we can also schedule inside our Downtown location, which is reserved for one client or set of clients per visit, sanitized and cleaned between each visitor and also requires no physical or close contact for document signing. For all at-office signings, all signing parties will need to bring and be prepared to present governmental identification.

PICK-UP/DROP-OFF:

If clients do not have the ability to print and/or dislike the idea of printing or overnight delivery, closing packages of your documents can also be securely picked up at either of our office locations. Upon pick up, the documents, clearly labeled and highlighted for signing, can be signed with a notary in a location of the client’s choosing and coordination and all signed documents dropped off at our offices in self-utilized deposit location(s). For notary services, we recommend sources such as the NC Secretary of State (www.sosnc.gov/divisions/notary), www.123notary.com and/or www.notaryrotary.com which can help you locate notaries for signing where and when you prefer. We can and are happy to schedule a video and/or audio conference to review all documents during the signing, and can even join in realtors and/or loan officers too, to create a more personal closing experience.

GRCC Law Notary Services Tent

We can and are happy to schedule a video and/or audio conference to review all documents during the signing, and can even join in realtors and/or loan officers too, to create a more personal closing experience.

We schedule first for our open-air tent at our Downtown location, where the signing is outside in a fresh mountain air environment.

Thank you to our amazing clients, realtors, lenders and friends for understanding the necessity of these adjustments and we do believe we are stronger together!