When your seller won’t sign online.
Some signers will never click a DocuSign link — but they’ll sign at their kitchen table. Here are the practical ways to get a wet signature, and the part most investors miss: the document Jurably records for you doesn’t need the seller’s signature at all.
Ways to get a signature when a link won’t do.
Print, sign, scan
The lowest-tech route. Mail or drop off a paper copy, have the signer sign with a pen, and get it back by scan or photo. Works for anything that doesn’t need a notary.
A mobile notary at the table
A commissioned notary travels to the signer, checks their ID, and notarizes on paper. Priced by the trip — typically a flat fee plus mileage. Find one through your title company or a national notary directory.
A signing service
Loan-signing agents and courier-style signing services get a whole document package wet-signed in person and returned. Common in closings; ask your title company who they use.
Online notarization
When the signer will do a video call, a remote online notary is the fastest option — about five minutes, any hour. See how it works. Online notarization, explained.
A memorandum of contract is signed by you, not the seller.
The memorandum gives public notice of a contract that already exists. In every state Jurably files in, the buyer signs it alone, in one online notary session, and the seller is notified by certified mail. (States that require the seller's signature aren't offered.) Nobody has to chase a second signature to put your contract on record.
Common questions.
Does Jurably send someone to get my seller’s signature?
No. Jurably files memoranda of contract and their releases; we don’t dispatch signing agents or mobile notaries. The options above are the routes investors use when a counterparty won’t sign electronically.
Does my seller have to sign a memorandum of contract?
No. In every state Jurably files in, a memorandum of contract is signed by the buyer alone — you sign it with the online notary in your Jurably session, and the seller is notified by certified mail. The reluctant-signer problem doesn’t apply to the memorandum itself.
What about the purchase contract?
The contract has to be genuinely signed by both sides before Jurably will file anything — that’s the one document a signature service might help you finish. Once it is signed, everything Jurably records needs only your signature.
Jurably is not a law firm and does not provide legal advice. Filing is an administrative service — you select and complete your own documents.