I'm surprised that Germany never relaxed the in-person notarization requirements during COVID. A lot of jurisdictions around the world did change their rules to allow remote notarization.

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martin_a 3 hours ago | parent [-]

They did. This can be done online since August 2022.

	▲	AlanYx 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Interesting, thanks! Apparently it requires a German eID-enabled ID card (or compatible EU ID) and doesn't include transactions involving real estate, but still it's progress.