Consultations and Questions

The State of Texas regulates the fees a Notary may charge to perform a notarial act. A Notary may charge a fee up to the maximum amount or none at all. The following fees are the maximum amounts a Texas notary public may charge for each notarial act.

• Acknowledgment $10.00 (first signature)
• Additional Acknowledgments $1.00 (each additional signature)
• Oaths or affirmations $10.00 (per person)
• Jury $10.00 (per signature)
• Certified copies (non-recordable docs) $10.00 (per copy)
• Witnessing Signature $10.00 (per signature)

The State of Texas regulates Remote Online Notarial Fees. Notaries are allowed to charge a maximum fee of $25.00 plus a regular notarial fee per online notarial act The $25 fee includes the identity verification process, video conferencing and document notarization.

RON Fee $25.00 plus State regulated notarial fee

In Person Travel Destination fees are not regulated by the State of Texas. The travel fee is charged in addition to State regulated notary fees. The travel fees can be negotiable depending on travel times, regular and non regular business hours.

• $50.00 for 30 minutes or less travel time
• $100 for 30 minutes or more travel time
• $150.00 for 60 minutes or more travel time
• $125.00 travel reimbursement fee if borrower/signer

Yes, there can be additional fees only if a client requests copies of documentation from a loan closing, scanning and email of the same.

Additional administrative fees may include a copy charge (B&W documents only) , scanning charges and email charges. These fees are usually associated with a loan signing. The additional fees are detailed in the Book Appointment page under Copy, Scanning and Email.

A notary certificate is a statement completed by the notary specifying the details of the notarization. It must contain the date of the notarization and refer to where the notarial act took place. The most commonly used notarial certificates are jurats and acknowledgments. There is a third form in those states that allow notaries to certify copies.

A client has the option to purchase a loose leaf notarial certificate for the following reasons.

1. An acknowledgement on a document is not legible
2. The acknowledgement is not the correct acknowledgement for the document
3. If anything in the acknowledgment is incorrect or missing *(see below)
4. The acknowledgement does not fit on a document page, i.e., there is no room for the notary to notarize the document

The type of notarial certificate to be purchased is to be determined by the client. The notary does not decide on the type of notarial certificate.

*If anything in it is incorrect or missing, the notary has full authority to correct it and is required to do so using the usual method for corrections (one line through the incorrect information, print the correct information, and initial).The notary does have authority to strike through incorrect information on a certificate.

There is a $10 fee for a loose leaf notarial certificate.

• Acknowledgement (used for Deeds, Mortgages, Contracts, Power of Attorney)
• Representative Acknowledgment (used for a representative signing on behalf of a business, organization or another person
• Jurat (used for affidavits, depositions, testimonies)
• Copy Certification (used for certifying a copy is true and accurate)
• Witness/Attest Signatures (used for school forms, pension papers, medical forms)

Please make sure you have the following before our appointment.

• Valid Government Issued Photo ID - one of the following IDs (must be unexpired)
• Driver's License
• Passport
• Military ID
• State Issued ID Card
• The Complete Set of Documents (unless otherwise agreed upon)
• All pages needing Notarization
• Documents should be unsigned unless Notary instructs otherwise
• No blank spaces or missing information
• All Signers must be present
• Everyone who needs to sign must be physically present
• Each signer needs their own valid ID
• Required Supporting Documents, if needed
• Death Certificate (if relevant)
• Court Documents
• Power of Attorney paperwork
• Any other document relating or specified to your particular transactions

Accepted payment methods are Zelle, Stripe, Paypal, Money Order

To ensure commitment to scheduled appointments, a non-refundable deposit of $50 is required at booking.

The Deposit 

• Secures your appointment time
• Applies toward your final service fee
• Cannot be refunded for no-shows or same-day cancellations
• Will be forfeited if you are not present within 15 minutes of scheduled appointment time

Rescheduling?
Need to change your appointment? No problem

• Please provide 24+ hours' notice to apply your deposit to a new appointment time
• Changes with less than 24 hours' notice will require a new deposit
• Emergency situations will be considered on a case-by-case basis