No, Iowa Code chapter 9B requires that commissioned notaries be registered with the Iowa Secretary of State before performing any remote notarial acts. All current commissioned notaries may complete and submit the application in order to be authorized to perform Remote Online Notarizations. The application can be found at https://sos.iowa.gov/remotenotary.
NOTE: this is in addition to the Application for Notary Commission.

There is no cost associated with registering to become a Remote Online Notary; however, you must already be a Commissioned Notary, which requires a $30 fee.

No, Iowa Code chapter 9B and Iowa Administrative Code 721-43 require the utilization of software designed for the purpose of facilitating remote online notarization to meet the requirements of non-personal-knowledge identity verification. Software that primarily offers video-conferencing will not meet these requirements. The requirements include identify-proofing technology, e-signing capability, and storage of notarial act recordings. Therefore, video-conference services may only meet the requirements for personal-knowledge notarization.

No, once you register for the Remote Online Notary software of your choice, you should receive guidance on how to use the product directly from the company. If you have questions regarding the use of the software, contact the company directly.

No, only the notarial act should be recorded. For the safety of your customers, recordings of customers answering knowledge-based questions and the process of verifying their identities should never be recorded.