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- Protesting a bill or note for non-acceptance or non-payment, Register and seal........$4.00
- Each notice of protest........$1.00
- Protesting in all other cases.......$4.00
- Certificate and seal to a protest.......$4.00
- Taking
the acknowledgment or proof of any deed or other instrument in writing,
for registration, including certificate and seal, first
signature........$6.00 ($1.00 each additional signature)
- Administering an oath or affirmation with certificate and seal......$6.00
- All certificates under seal not otherwise provided for......$6.00
- Copies of all records and papers in the Notary Public'c office, each page....$ .50
- Taking the depositions of witnesses, for each 100 words.....$ .50
- Swearing a witness to a deposition, certificate, seal and other business connected with taking the deposition......$6.00
- All notarial acts not provided for......$6.00
TRAVEL FEES*:
Travel fees are not specified by law. The travel fee is
separate from the notarial fees described above. Travel fees range
from $20.00 and up depending on distance traveled. Fee will be agreed upon before we depart for your destination.
*All fees
are due and payable on completion of services
********************************************* Special notes:
Proof of identification is required of ALL signing parties. All parties must understand what they are signing and doing so of their own free will. Under Texas Law, we CANNOT explain the documents needing to be notarized. If witnesses are required please make arrangements to have them present. Verbal oaths will be administered to each signer. Travel fees ARE NOT specified as part of the notarization, it is a travel fee * only.
PROHIBITED ACTS
Texas Notaries Public CANNOT:
- Perform acts which constitute the practice of law.
- Prepare, draft, select, or give advice concerning documents.
- Translate the term ‘Notary Public’ into Spanish (Notario Publico).
- Overcharge for their notarial services.
- Notarize a document without the signer being in their presence.
- Notarize their own signature.
- Issue identification cards.
- Sign documents under a name that is not reflected on their commission.
- Fail to affix a legally required notary seal on notarized documents.
- Certify copies of recorded public records.
The document(s) to be notarized MUST contain notarial wording:
otherwise YOU must know and convey to the notary what type of
notarial act needs to be performed.
We CANNOT notarize the following:
Incomplete document(s) Document(s) signed outside of our presence Birth, death or marriage certificates Document(s) with faxed or copied signatures Copies of document(s) (except for Power of Attorney) Pre/post dated document notarizations
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