A group of real estate attorneys is asking Gov. Charlie Baker for an executive order allowing them to perform closings via teleconference as face-to-face meetings with clients fall victim to social distancing.

Nik Ligris, co-managing partner at Newton-based Ligris law firm, said fears of coronavirus transmission have begun to disrupt the traditional closing process where attorneys meet with clients to sign and notarize documents.

“For the first time in my career, people are saying they don’t wan’t to come to us, and they don’t want us to come to them,” Ligris said. “I’ve heard stories about lawyers passing papers through peoples’ windows.”

Ligris said the Baker administration and the Massachusetts Division of Banks are reviewing the temporary option, which would be authorized by executive order. The governor’s office was not immediately available for comment.

Unlike some states, Massachusetts law requires that closing papers be filed in a registry before the buyer can take possession and the seller can receive their funds. The attorneys have been meeting with major title insurance companies to provide “gap coverage” for the interval at no additional cost to consumers, Ligris said.

Compounding matters, two of the state’s most active registries, Suffolk and Middlesex South, have restricted public access and have limited staff performing electronic recording of recorded land transactions, but not registered land, Ligris said. And registries elsewhere have begun instituting other new access restrictions.

“Different registrars are doing different things, and it’s leading to a lot of confusion and commotion in the market,” Ligris said.

Attorneys would express mail the paper documents to clients and set up conference calls on sites such as Skype and Zoom to observe them signing documents, he said.