Notarial Services

What is a Notary Public?

A Notary Public is a person who the state has granted authority to certify the validity or authenticity of the signature being made on a document.

NO CHARGE FOR

Verification of any nomination document or circulator’s affidavit having to do with a public election.

Notarizing signatures on absentee ballot identification envelopes or other voting materials.

Application or claim for pension, allotment, allowance, compensa-tion, insurance or other veteran's benefit on behalf of a US military veteran.

FEES

Acknowledgement:

$10 for each signature notarized

Jurat:

$10 including the oath or affirmation

Certified Copy of Power of Attorney:

$10

Deposition:

$20

+ $5 for administering an oath to a witness

+ $5 for completing the certificate on the disposition.

Proof of Execution by Subscribing Witness: $10 per signature

Immigration Papers:

$10 per set

Copy of Journal Entry: - 30¢

Protest:

$10

+ $5 for serving notice of nonpayment or non-acceptance

+ $5 for recording

SERVICES PERFORMED

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT:

An acknowledgement is a notarial act in which a Public Notary certifies having positively identified a document signer who personally appeared and who admitted having signed the document freely.

JURAT:

A jurat is a notarial act in which a Public Notary certifies having witnessed the signing of a document by a signer who swears or affirms that the document is truthful; also called verification upon oath or affirmation.

EXECUTION OF A CERTIFICATE OF PROTEST:

Done only under the direct suppervision of your attorney because Protests are very complicated.

CERTIFIED COPY OF POWER OF ATTORNEY:

Must have the original Power of Attorney to certify. The procedure for certifying a copy of a power of attorney is to compare the copy to the original power of attorney to ensure that it is identical.

AUTHENTICATIONS AND APOSTILLE:

An Apostille is a document prepared by the Secretary of State which verifies that the notarization was done by a commissioned notary public and that the notary public had authority to complete the act.

OATHS OR AFFIRMATIONS:

Every court, every judge, or clerk of any court, every justice, every notary public, and every officer or person authorized to take testimony in any action or proceeding, or to decide upon evidence, has the power to administer oaths or affirmations.

PROOF OF EXECUTION FOR SUBSCRIBING WITNESSES:

A person who has signed a document that needs to be notarized need not personally appear before a notary public, but a representative may appear before the notary, take an oath that the signature of the principal signer is genuine, and sign as a witness.The person who originally signed the document is called a "principal signer", and the representa-tive that was sent to the notary is called a "subscribing witness". A notary public can certify that the signature of a principal signer who does not appear before a notary public is genuine, based upon the sworn testimony of a subscrib-ing witness. Proofs of Execution are NOT permitted with mortgages, deeds of trust, security agreements, quitclaim deeds and grant deeds, but are allowed with trustee's deeds resultng from foreclosure and deeds of reconveyance.