Notarization Requirements

The signer(s) being notarized must be present at the time of the notarization.

The signer(s) must have photo ID that covers the names shown on the document (for example, if your middle name is spelled out on the document, it must be spelled out on your photo ID). The ID can have more than the document, just not less.

You must have the document that is being notarized. A notary is not permitted to draft documents or provide legal documents. We can, however, print the document for you that you email to us.

We cannot notarize incomplete documents with incomplete blank lines (that you don’t have the information for) in the text above your signature line or just the last “signature page” without the rest of the document present.

All signers need to be competent to sign and be fully alert and be able to prove to the notary that they understand the contents being signed. We cannot notarize someone with Alzheimer’s or dementia or someone on medication that makes the signer extremely drowsy. You may need to go to court to be able to take over the signing responsibilities for someone.

Each signer needs to be able to explain what he or she is signing in English directly to the notary, without a translator. It is not a problem if the document is in a foreign language, but the notary wording that we sign has to be in English or we can provide the notary wording.

The signer needs to be able to sign in a way that resembles a signature, even if it no longer looks like the original signature on an ID. If the signer can only make some kind of small mark or “x” on the signature line, then that is considered “signature by mark”.