Nota Bene: A Virtual Notary
the notary
A Civic Function
Real world governments view the service of a notary to be very important to the running of a legal system, and they are highly regulated. The maximum fee that a notary may charge is set by law to be very inexpensive, making notarization a function available to all. It also ensures that it isn't so profitable a business (if it is at all) that it might be biased in any way.
Open Plan
The design is open air: There is no reason in Second Life to have a roof, and no reason to have buildings which are entered via a door. Structural elements need to be justified by function and emotion, not by physics and engineering.
At the notary, one lands in the center. The flower design provides metaphor for where to land that is better matched emotionally to the notary than other landing targets such as bullseyes.